þat cunne ⁊ wille riht vs deme.
145 Ich wot wel quaþ þe nyhtegale.
Ne þarf þer of beo no tale.
Mayster Nichol· of guldeuorde.
he is wis· and war· of worde.
he is of worde swyþe glev.
150 And him is loþ eurich vnþeu.
he wot insyht in euche songe.
hwo singeþ wel. hwo singeþ wronge.
And he con schede from þe rihte.