& hade ben soiourned sauerly, & in a siker wyse,
Hym lyst prik for poynt, þat proude hors þenne;
Þe wyȝe wynneȝ hym to, & wyteȝ on his lyre,
& sayde soberly hym-self, & by his soth swereȝ,
"Here is a meyny in þis mote, þat on menske þenkkeȝ,
Þe mon hem maynteines, ioy mot þay haue;
Þe leue lady, on lyue luf hir bityde;
Ȝif þay for charyté cherysen a gest,
& halden honour in her honde, þe haþel hem ȝelde,
Þat haldeȝ þe heuen vpon hyȝe, & also yow alle!