¶ And if so þat any be founde / as þrouȝ myñ necligence,
Cast þe cawse oñ my copy / rude / & bare of eloquence,
whiche to drawe out [I] haue do my besy diligence,
redily to reforme hit / by resoñ and bettur sentence.
¶ As for ryme or resoñ, þe forewryter was not to blame,
For as he founde hit aforne hym̅, so wrote he þe same,
and þaughe he or y in oure matere digres or degrade,
blame neithur of vs / For we neuyre hit made;
¶ Symple as y had insight / somwhat þe ryme y correcte;
blame y cowde no mañ / y haue no persone suspecte.