That maketh swyche harlotes · hordom usen,

And with her wikkid word · wymmen bitrayeth.

God wold her wonyynge · were in wildernesse,

And fals freres forboden · the fayre ladis chaumbres;

For knewe lordes her craft · treuly I trowe

They shulden nought haunten her house · so ho[m]ly[64] on nyghtes,

Ne bedden swich brothels · in so brode shetes,

But sheten her heved in the stre · to sharpen her wittes.

bandes] ? randes. Sk.

[ EDUCATION OF FIELD LABOURERS.]