Bote he be obediencer to pryour oþer to mynstre.' 95
'That ys soth,' ich seide 'and so ich byknowe
That ich haue tynt tyme, and tyme mysspended;
And ȝut, ich hope, as he þat ofte haueþ chaffared,
Þat ay hath lost and lost, and at þe [laste] hym happed
He bouhte suche a bargayn he was þe bet euere, 100
And sette hus lost at a lef at þe laste ende,
Suche a wynnynge hym warth þorw wyrdes of hus grace:—
Simile est regnum celorum thesauro abscondito in agro, et cetera;
Mulier que inuenit dragmam, et cetera;