Þan alle men sulle ripen þat hie ar sewen.
Do al to gode þat he muȝe ech þe hwile he beð aliue.
Ne lipne noman to muchel to childe ne to wiue. |
Þe þe him selfe forȝiet for wiue oðer for childe
26 He sal cumen on euel stede bute him god be milde.
Sende god biforen him man þe hwile he mai to heuene
For betre is on almesse biforen þan ben after seuene.
Ne bie þe leuere þan þe self ne þi mæi ne þi mowe
30 Sot is þe is oðer mannes frend betere þan his owen.
Ne hopie wif to hire were ne were to his wiue