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