Offe alle man, þat speken kunne!
Of crist, þat made[20] mone and sunne!
Þanne he hauede of al þe lond
Al þe folk tilled in-til his hond,
And alle haueden sworen him oth,
Riche and poure, lef and loth,
Þat he sholden hise wille freme,
He plots against the children.
And þat he shulde[n] him nouth greme,
He þouthe a ful strong trechery,