Betere is þat þu henne gonge,

Þan þu here dwelle longe;

Heþen þow mayt gangen to late;

Thou canst ful wel þe ricthe gate

To lincolne, þe gode borw,

Þou hauest it gon ful ofte þoru;

Of me ne is me nouth a slo,

Betere is þat þu þider go,

and work there.

For þer is mani god man inne,