Mi spaynel fil doun to my knee,
þanne took y me wiþ sighynge sare
þis new lessoun, revertere.
'Revertere is as myche to say
In englisch tunge as, turne aghen:
Turne aghen, man, y þee pray,
And þinke hertili what þou hast ben;
Of þi livynge be-þinke þee rijfe,
In open and in privite.
þat þou may come to everlastinge lijf,