Clennesse and chastyté myn hert owth,
Erthely creature nevyr may shove;
Suche clene lyff xuld ȝe nought
In no maner wyse reprove;
To this clennesse I me take.
This is the cawse, as I ȝow telle,
That I with man wylle nevyr melle,
In the servyse of God wyl I evyr dwelle,—
I wyl nevyr have other make.
Episcopus. A! mercy God, these wordys wyse,