Thyn halyday thou kepyst not clene
In gloteny to lede thi lyff,
In Goddys hous ȝe xulde be-dene
Honoure your God, bothe mayden and wyff.
Quartum Mandatum. “Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam.”
Off the secunde tabylle the fyrst comaundment,
And in the ordyr the iiij.ᵗᵉ, I sey in fay,
He byddyth the evermore with hert bent,
Bothe ffadyr and modyr to wurchep alway.
Thow that thi fadyr be pore of array,