Monies monnes sare iswinc habbeð oft un holde.
Ne scal na mon don afirst. ne slawen wel to done.
for moni mon bihateð wel þe hit forȝeteð sone.
Þe .Mon. þe wule siker bon to habben Godes blisse.
40 do wel him solf hwile þ̵ he mai; þenne haueð he his mid iwisse.
þes riche .Men. weneð bon siker þurh walle ⁊ þurh diche.
þe deð his echte on sikere stude he hit sent to heueneriche.
for þer ne þerf he bon of dred of fure ne of þoue
þer ne | þerf he him binimen þe laðe ne þe loue.
45 þer ne þerf he habben kare of ȝeve ne of ȝelde.