'"At þe [date of day] of euensonge,
On oure byfore þe sonne go doun, 170
He seȝ þer ydel men ful stronge,
And sa<y>de to [hem] wyth sobre soun:
'Wy stonde ȝe ydel þise dayeȝ longe?'
Þay sayden her hyre watȝ nawhere boun.
'Gotȝ to my vyne, ȝemen ȝonge, 175
And wyrkeȝ and dotȝ þat at ȝe moun.'
Sone þe worlde bycom wel broun,
Þe sunne watȝ doun, [and] hit wex late;