Sire, ichul sker me,
I ne ȝef ham dint no pilt.”
“For soth I sigge the, bel ami,
Hi nadde no gode munde,
Thai that wreiid the to mei,
Thou ne diddist noȝt bot thi kund.—
Sei thou me, asse, wat hast i-do?
Me thenchith thou cannist no gode.
Whi nadistou, as other mo?
Thou come of lither stode.”