Ther ben sefne prestys indede,
To schryve, to teche, and to mynystryn to the,
To lerne the Goddys lawys and Scrypture to rede.
Maria. ffadyr, knew I here namys, wele were I.
Episcopus. Ther is Dyscressyon, Devocion, Dylexcion, and Deliberacion,—
They xal tende upon ȝow besyly;
With Declaracion, Determynacion, Dyvynacion;
Now go ȝe, maydenys, to ȝour occupacion,
And loke ȝe tende this childe tendyrly;
And ȝe, serys, knelyth, and I xal gyve ȝow Goddys benyson,