To take her hyre he mad sumoun;
Þe day watȝ al apassed date. 180
'"The date of þe daye þe lorde con knaw,
Called to þe reue: 'Lede, pay þe meyny;
Gyf hem þe hyre þat I hem owe;
And fyrre, þat non me may reprené,
Set hem alle vpon a rawe, 185
And gyf vchon [ilyche] a peny;
Bygyn at þe laste þat standeȝ lowe,
Tyl to þe fyrste þat þou atteny.'