To endles peyne xal evyr be dempt,
Therin alwey to abyde.
Thi Lorde God thou tempt no more,
It is nott syttenge to thi lore,
I bydde the sese anon therfore,
And tempte God in no tyde.
Sathan. Ow! in gloteny nor in veynglory it dothe ryght nott avayl
Cryst for to tempt, it profyteth me ryght nought;
I must now begynne to have a newe travayl,—
In covetyse to tempt hym it comyth now in my thought,