What wol men for the sowle del?
Corne no mel, wel thou wost;
Bot wel seld at the mele
A rowȝ bare trenchur, other a crust.
The begger that the crust ssal hab,
Wel hokerlich he lokith theran:
Soth to sigge, and noȝt to gabbe,
Riȝt noȝt he is i-paiid a pan.
Than seiith the begger in is mode,
“The crust is bothe hard and tougth,