Mi Sone, thou schalt understonde
Hou Coveitise hath yit on honde 2860
In special tuo conseilours,
That ben also hise procurours.
Hic tractat super illis[92] Auaricie speciebus, que falsum Testimonium et Periurium nuncupantur; quorum fraudulenta circumuencio tam in cupiditatis[95] quam in amoris causa sui desiderii propositum quamsepe fallaciter attingit.
The ferst of hem is Falswitnesse,[93]
Which evere is redi to witnesse
What thing his maister wol him hote:
Perjurie is the secounde hote,[94]
Which spareth noght to swere an oth,