With wordis be ware, but þou be wode:
A schort worde is comynly sothe
Þat fyrst slydes fro monnes tothe.
¶ Loke lyȝer neuer þat þou be-come,
Kepe þys worde for alle and somme.
Lawȝe not to of[t] for no solace,
For no kyn myrthe þat any man mase;
Who lawes alle þat men may se,
A schrew or a fole hym semes to be.
¶ Thre enmys in þys worlde þer are