kerliche to cnouen

for to weriin þe lond

of here ⁊ of here-gong,

þat þe riche habbe gryt,

⁊ þe cherril be in frit,

his sedis to souin,

his medis to mowen,

his plouis to drivin,

to ure alre bi-lif.

þis is þe cnichs lage,