Therof a mursel byte and asay.
To ete this appyl, loke that ȝe fonde,
Goddys ffelaw to be alway,
Alle his wysdam to undyrstonde,
And Goddys pere to be ffor ay,
Alle thyng for to make,—
Bothe ffysche and foule, se and sond,
Byrd and best, watyr and lond;
This appyl thou take out of myn hond,
A bete therof thou take.