⁊ þo þe sunegeden muchel on druken ⁊ on ate.

Þe wreche men binomen here aihte ⁊ leide his on horde.

Þe litel lete of godes bode ⁊ of godes worde.

265 ⁊ þe his oȝen nolde ȝieue þar he iseih þe niede

Ne nolde ihere godes men þan he sat at his biede.

Þo þe was oðer mannes þing leuere þan hit solde

⁊ waren alto gradi of siluer ⁊ of golde.

Þo þe untrewnesse deden þan þe he solden ben holde.

270 ⁊ leten al þat hie solden don ⁊ deden þat hie wolden.

Þo þe waren ȝietceres of þis wereldes aihte