Þer wat3 stabled bi statut a steuen vus by-twene,
To mete þat mon at þat mere, 3if I my3t last;
& of þat ilk nw3ere hot neked now wonte3,
& I wolde loke on þat lede, if God me let wolde,
Gladloker, bi Godde3 sun, þen any god welde!
For-þi, I-wysse, bi 3owre wylle, wende me bi-houes,
Naf I now to busy bot bare þre daye3,
& me als fayn to falle feye as fayly of myyn ernde."
Þenne la3ande quod þe lorde, "now leng þe by-houes,
For I schal teche yow to þa[t] terme bi þe tyme3 ende,