Þat coueyteñ alle men to for-fare,—

The deuel, þe flesshe, þe worlde also,

That wyrkyn mankynde ful mykyl wo:

Yf þou may strye þes þre enmys,

Þou may be secur of heueñ blys.

¶ Also, my chylde, a-gaynes þy lorde

Loke þou stryfe with no kyn worde,

Ne waiour non with hym þou lay,

Ne at þe dyces with hym to play.

¶ Hym that þou knawes of gretter state,