Ne stryue aȝeines his statut, so sterneliche he loked. 315

Ac I warne ȝow, werkemen, wynneth while ȝe mowe,

For Hunger hide<r>ward hasteth hym faste,

He shal awake with water wastoures to chaste.

Ar fyue <ȝere> be fulfilled suche famyn shal aryse,

Thorwgh flodes and þourgh foule wederes frutes shul faille; 320

And so sayde Saturne, and sent ȝow to warne:

Whan ȝe se þe sonne amys, and two monkes hedes,

And a mayde haue þe maistrie, and multiplied bi eight,

Þanne shal Deth withdrawe, and Derthe be Iustice,