Eiðer to litel ⁊ to muchel hem sal þunche boðe.
Þar me sal ure werkes weiȝen bifore þan heuen kinge.
⁊ ȝieuen us ure werkes lean after ure erninge.
65 Africh man mid þat he haueð mai bugge heueriche
Þe þe more haueð ⁊ þe þe lasse boðe iliche.
Alse on mid his peni se oðer mid his punde
Þis is þet wunderlukeste ware þat animan funde.
⁊ se þe more ne mai don mid his gode iþanke.
70 Alse wel se þe þe haued goldes fele manke.
And ofte god can more þanc þan þe him ȝieueð lasse.