Wherof thi pris shal nevere ben abated.

My lord, in whom hath evere yit be founde[1975]

Pite withoute spot of violence,

Kep thilke pes alwei withinne bounde,

Which god hath planted in thi conscience:

So schal the cronique of thi pacience

Among the seintz be take into memoire 370

To the loenge of perdurable gloire.[1976]

And to thin erthli pris, so as y can,

Which everi man is holde to commende,