Be-fore þi mete sey þou þi grace,

Yt ocupys bot lytell space;—

Fore oure mete, & drynke, & vs,

Thanke we owre lord Ihesus;—

A pater noster & Aue mary

Sey fore þe saulys þat in peyne ly;

Than go labour as þou arte bownde,

And be not Idylle in no stounde:

Holy scryptour þus it seyth

To þe þat Arte of cristen feyth,