And goddis word so litil kepiþ

Þt at þe preching manye slepiþ:

At goddis word þei ben sleping

And at þe tauerne hous waking:

At lyche-wake [i.e. corpse-watching] and sinful plawes,

Þei ben waking til þe day dawes,

But whan þei come sarmoun to her

Þei ben so heuy and so swer,

Þt hir heuedis þei may not hold vp

But hongen it in þe fendis cup."