þu starest so þu wille abiten.

Al þat þu mist mid cliure smiten.

þi bile is stif ⁊ scharp ⁊ hoked.

80 Riȝt so an owel þat is croked.

þar mid þu clackes oft`e´ ⁊ longe.

⁊ þat is on of þine songe.

Ac þu þretest to mine fleshe.

Mid þine cliures woldest me meshe.

85 þe were icundur to one frogge.

[Þat sit at mulne under cogge.]