'Þus schal I,' quod Kryste, 'hit skyfte:
Þe laste schal be þe fyrst þat strykeȝ, 210
And þe fyrst be laste, be he neuer so swyft;
For mony ben calle<d>, þaȝ fewe be mykeȝ.'"
Þus pore men her part ay pykeȝ,
Þaȝ þay com late and lyttel wore;
And þaȝ her sweng wyth lyttel atslykeȝ, 215
Þe merci of God is much þe more.
'More haf I of ioye and blysse hereinne,
Of ladyschyp gret and lyueȝ blom,