þat kunne ⁊ wille riȝt us deme.
145 Ich wot wel quaþ þe niȝtingale.
Ne þaref þar of bo no tale.
Maister nichole of guldeforde.
He is wis an war of worde.
He is of dome suþe gleu.
150 ⁊ him is loþ eurich unþeu.
He wot in siȝt in eche songe.
wo singet wel wo singet wronge.
⁊ he can schede vrom þe riȝte.