Thyng that neded hym noght,

And nyme it, if he myghte.

"Clerkes kenne me

That Crist is in alle places;

Ac I seigh hym nevere soothly,

But as myself in a mirour:

[In ænigmate tunc facie ad faciem.]

And so I trowe trewely,

By that men telleth of charité,

It is noght chaumpions fight,