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