Be resoun oghte to be loth

In wynter time for the chele.

And thus thenkende thoghtes fele,

As I myn yhe aboute caste,

His large beerd thanne ate laste

I syh, and thoghte anon therfore

How that his fader him before,7200*

Which stod upon the same place,

Was beerdles with a yongly face:

And in such wise as ye have herd