Of hefne and erthe and alle that beryth lyff,
I am most bound to ȝow, Lord, i-wys,
ffor now I am bothe mayde and wyff.
Now, Lord God, dysspose me to prayour,
That I may sey the holy psalmes of Davyth,
Wheche book is clepyd the Sawtere,
That I may preyse the, my God, therwith.
Of the vertuys therof this is the pygth,
It makyht sowles fayr, that doth it say,
Angelys be steryd to help us therwith,