For hit watȝ neȝ at þe terme, þat he to1 schulde.
Þe lorde hym letted of þat, to lenge hym resteyed,
& sayde, "as I am trwe segge, I siker my trawþe,
Þou schal cheue to þe grene chapel, þy charres to make,
Leude, on nwȝereȝ lyȝt, longe bifore pryme:
For-þy þow lye in þy loft, & lach þyn ese,
& I schal hunt in þis holt, & halde þe towcheȝ,
Chaunge wyth þe cheuisaunce, bi þat I charre hider;
For I haf fraysted þe twys, & faythful I fynde þe,
Now þrid tyme þrowe best þenk on þe morne,