ffor this is the very lombe, withowte spot of synne,
Of weche John the Baptyst dede prophesy,
Than this prophesye he dede begynne,
Seyng “Ecce agnus Dey!”
And how ȝe xal ete this lombe I xal ȝeve infformacion,
In the same forme as the eld lawe doth specyfye,
As I shewe be gostly interpretacyon;
Therfore to that I xal sey ȝour wyttes loke ȝe replye.
With no byttyr bred this bred ete xal be,
That is to say, with no byttyrnesse of hate and envye,