Þei beo so sliper at assai, 5

So leof to han, and loþ to lete,

And so fikel in heore fai,

Þat selden iseiȝe is sone forȝete.

I sei hit not wiþouten a cause,

And þerfore takes riht good hede, 10

For ȝif ȝe construwe wel þis clause,

I puit ȝou holly out of drede

Þat for puire schame ȝor hertes wol blede

And ȝe þis matere wysli trete: