ȝett Mercy seyth best to my pleson,
ffor yf mannys sowle xulde abyde in helle,
Betwen God and man evyr xulde be dyvysyon,
And than myght not I Pes dwelle.
Therefore me semyth best ȝe thus acorde,
Than hefne and erthe ȝe xul qweme,
Putt bothe ȝour sentens in oure Lorde,
And in his hyȝ wysdam lete hym deme.
This is most fyttynge me xulde seme,
And lete se how we ffowre may alle abyde,