But if þe riche man wolde þinke
Among al his mete & drynke,
þt his flesch schol rote in molde,
He wold not bin þerto so bolde."
4. The following passage is curious in more respects than one:
"This day witsonday is cald,
For wisdom & wit seuene fald
Was youen to þe apostles as þis day
For wise in alle þingis wer thay,
To spek wt outen mannes lore