þe mare haueþ ⁊ þe þe lesse; baþe hi | muȝen iliche.
Al se mid his p`e´nie alse oðer mið his punde.
þ̵ is þe wunderlukeste chep; þ̵ eni mon efre funde.
⁊ þe ðe mare ne mai don; do hit mid his gode þonke.
70 Alse wel se þe þe haueð golde fele manke.
⁊ oft god kon mare þonc þen þe him ȝeueð lesse.
⁊ his werkes ⁊ his weȝes his milce. ⁊ rihtwisnesse.
lutel lac is gode lof; þ̵ kumeð of gode wille.
⁊ ec lete muchel ȝeue of þan þe herte is ille.
75 Houene ⁊ horþe he ouer sich. his eȝen boð swa brichte.