Maisters, trow ye that this be scorne[506].

Cum win this pardoun, cum.

Quha luifis thair wyfis nocht with thair hart,

I have power thame for till part.

Me-think yow deif and dum:

Hes nane of yow curst wickit wyfis

That haldis yow intill sturt[507] and stryfis,

Cum tak my dispensatioun;

Of that cummer[508] I sall mak yow quyte,

Howbeit your-selfis be in the wyte[509],