What more worschyp moȝt [he] fonge,
Þen corounde be kyng by cortaysé? 120
'That cortaysé is to fre of dede,
Ȝyf hyt be soth þat þou coneȝ saye;
Þou lyfed not two ȝer in oure þede;
Þou cowþeȝ neuer God nauþer plese ne pray,
Ne neuer nawþer Pater ne Crede; 125
And quen mad on þe fyrst day!
I may not traw, so God me spede,
Þat God wolde wryþe so wrange away;