For hem ne yede gold ne fe.
At that time, men could carry gold about safely,
In that time a man þat bore
[Wel fyfty pund, y woth, or more,][4]
[Fol. 204, col. 2.]
Of red[e] gold up-on hijs bac,
In a male with or blac,
Ne funde he non that him misseyde,
N[e] with iuele on [him] hond leyde.
Þanne micthe chapmen fare