Þenne þe lasse in werke to take more able,
And euer þe lenger þe lasse þe more.' 240
'Of more and lasse in Godeȝ ryche,'
Þat gentyl sayde, 'lys no ioparde,
For þer is vch mon payed [ilyche],
Wheþer lyttel oþer much be hys rewarde,
For þe gentyl Cheuentayn is no chyche; 245
Queþersoeuer He dele nesch oþer harde,
He laueȝ Hys gyfteȝ as water of dyche,
Oþer goteȝ of golf þat neuer charde.