And when hym lyketh and lust hus leue ys to aryse;

When he ys rysen, rometh out and ryght wel aspieth

Whar he may rathest haue a repast other a ronnde of bacon,

Suluer other sode mete and som tyme bothe,

A loof other half a loof other a lompe of chese;

And carieth it hom to hus Cote and cast hym to lyue

In ydelnesse and in ese.

[80] Passus X, vers 208.

[81] Passus X, vers 251:

Ac while he wrought in thys worlde and wan hus met