that leyne was off leyer & off lyche bothe
she was wonderly wrogheLG þat wytt me þus taght
& staryng dame studye sternelyche she sayde
to flaterers or to foles that frantyke beene off wyttes
& blamed hym & banned hym & bad hym be stylle
wyth s{u}oyche wyse wordes to wysse any sottes
& seyd noli mittere man magerye / ma[r]gerye pearles
amongest hogges þat hawes ha{u}ve Inowe
they doone but dry{u}vell theron / draffe were þem leuer
then all þe preycyo{u}vse pyrrye þat In paradyse wexethe
I sey ytt by s{u}oyche quod she þat showen by theyre workes
that them were le{u}ver londe & lordshype on yerthe
or ryches or rentes & rest att theyre wyll
then all þe sothe sawes that salamon seyde e{u}ver
wyssdome & wytt nowe ys not worthe a kerse
wo-so can contry{u}ve deceytes / ande conspyre wronges
and leyde forthe a lo{u}ve-day to lett wyth trewthe
he þat s{u}oyche craftes can to co{u}vnceyle ys cleped
they leyde lordes wyth leysynges & belyethe trewthe
Iob þe gentyle In hys gest greatly wyttnessythe
that wycked men welden þe welthe off þis worlde
and be lordes off eche lande þat ow{ght}t off lawe ly{u}ven
quare impij viunt / vi[v]unt bene est hominibus qui preuericantur & Inique agunt //
the sa{u}vter seyethe the same by s{u}oyche þat done yll
ecce {e} ipsi peccatores habundantes In seculo obtinuerunt diuitia[s]C
lo sayeth holye letter{u}vre s{u}oyche lordes are thees shrewes
thylke þat god most gy{u}vethe leyst good they dele{n}yne / dele[n]
& most vnkynd to þe comm{u}vne þat most catell welden
que perfecisti destruxerunt Iustus autem & cetera //
herlottes for theyre herlotrye may ha{u}ve off theyre goodes
and Iapers & Iogelers & Iangelers off gestes
but he þat hathe {w}holye wrytte aye In hys mo{u}vthe
and can tell off thobye & off the twel{u}ve apostelles
or preychen off pennance þat pylate wroght
to Iessu þe gentyll that Iewes to-drewen
Lyt{u}yll ys he lo{u}ved þat s{u}oyche a lessone shewethe
or da{u}vnted to drawe forthe I do ytt on god hym-sel{u}ve
but tho þat faynen theym fooles & wyth faytyng ly{u}ven
ageyne þe lawe off our lorde & lyen on theym-sel{u}ve
spytten & spewen & speyke fo{u}vle wordes
drynken & dry{u}vylen & do men to gape
kykne / [l]ykne men and lyen on theym þat leynethe þem no gyftes
they can no more mynstrallcye ne m{u}vsyke men to gladde
ne were theyre vyle harlotrye haue god my trewght
sh{u}vld neuer kyng ne knyght ne chanon off seynt po{u}vles
leychery & losengerye & loselles tales
glotony & greyte othes thys myrthe they lo{u}ven
but yff þei carpyn off cryst clerkes & lewede
at meyte In myrthes when mynstrelles byn stylle
then tell they off þe trynyte a tale other twey
& bryng forthe a bald reason & taken bernard to wyttnes
& putten forthe a pres{u}vmpsyon to pro{u}ve the sothe
th{u}vs þei dry{u}vell att þer dynnere þe deyyte to knowe
butt þe carefull may crye & carpen att þe gate
bothe a-hongred & a-th{u}vrste & for chele q{u}vake
ys noone to nymen them neere hys noye to amend
lytull lo{u}veth he þat lorde þat lent hym all þat blysse
that thus pertethe wyth the po{u}vre a percell when þem nedythe
ne were mercy In meane men more then In ryche
mendymantes meytles myght go to bedde
god ys moche In þe gorge off the greyte master
& þus sayethe the sawter I haue sene ytt offte
ecce audiuimus eam In effrata : Inuenimus eam In campis silue //
clerkes & other men carpen off god fast
& haue hym moche yn þer mowthe but meane men In herte
freres & fayto{u}vrs haue fonde s{u}oyche q{u}vestyons
to pleasse wyth pro{u}vde men syth þe pestylence tyme
and preychen att poules for p{u}vre en{u}vye off clerkes
that folke ys not fyrmed In þe faythe ne fre off þer goodes
ne sory for theyre synnes so ys pryde wexen
In relygyon & all the realme bothe ryche & po{u}vre
that preyers haue no power þe pest{e}ylence to lett
& yet þes wrecches off thys worlde ys non y-warre by other
ne for drede off dethe wythdrawe noght theyreP pryde
ne be plenteo{u}vse to þe pore as p{u}vre charyte wolde
but In gaynes & glotonye forglotte theyre goodes theyr-sel{u}ve
& breykyth not to the begger as þe boke teychythe
frange esurienti panem tuum et cetera //
& þe more he wynnethe & welte welthes & ryches
and lordethe In landes the lasse goode he dealethe
thobye tellethe you not so take hede the ryche
how þe boke off þe byble off hym beyryth wyttnes
Csi tibi copia sit habundanter tribue
si autem exiguum impertire stude libenter //
wo-so hathe moche spende moche meanethe thobye
& wo-so lytle weldythe re{u}vle hym therafter
for we haue no letter off our lyfe how long yt shall d{u}vre
s{u}oyche lessons lordes sh{u}olde lo{u}ve to here
& how myght moste me{a}nne manlyche fynde
homelyche att other mens ho{u}vses & haten theyre owne
elenge ys þe halle eche day In the weeke
there þe lord & the ladye lykethe not to sytte
now hathe eche ryche a re{u}vle to eyte by hym-sel{u}ve
or In a chambre wyth a chymney & ley{u}ve þe cheffe halle
that was made for meales men to eyten ynne
& all to spare to spyll þat spend shall a-nother
I ha{u}ve herd hygh men eytyng att the table
carpen as þei clerkes were off cryst & off hys myghtes
& leyden fa{u}vtes on þe fadre that fo{u}vrmed vs all
why wolde our sa{u}vyo{u}vr suffre soche a worme In hys blysse
that begyled þe woman & þe man after
thr{u}vgh wyche wyles & wordes they wente to hell
& all theyr seede for theyre synne þe same dethe s{u}vffered
here lyethe your loore thees lordys gan dysp{u}vte
off þat þe clerkes vn / v[s] kenne off cryste by þe gospell
filius non portabit Iniquitatem patris & cetera //
why sh{u}old we þat now beene for þe werkes off adam
roten & rende reason wold ytt neuer
vnusquisque portabit onus suum et cetera //
s{u}oyche moty{u}ves þei move þes masters In theyre glorye
& make men In myssbele{u}ve þat m{u}vse moche on þer wordes
ymagynatyve here-afterwarde shall answere to your p{u}vrpo{s}ce
aug{u}vstyne to s{u}oyche arg{u}veers tellethe thys teeme
non plus sapere quam oportet et cetera //
wylneth neuer to wytt why that god wolde
s{u}offer sathan hys seede to begyle
but bele{u}veth loyally yn þe loore off holychurche
and prey theym off perdone & pennaunce In þi ly{u}ve
& for hys moche marcy to amende you here
I wold hys eye were In hys ar{s}ce & hys fynger after
that euer wylnethe to wytt why þat god wolde
s{u}vffer sathan hys seede to begyle
all was þou woldest lorde worshyped be thowe
and all worthe as þou wolt what-so-euer we dysp{u}vte
and tho þat vsen ha{u}vylou{n}vs / havylou[n]s to blynde mennes wyttes
sythe he wylneth to wytt wyche þei beene bothe
but yff he ly{u}ve In þe lyfe þat longethe to dowell
For I dare be hys bolde borowe þat dobetter wyll he neuere
thogh dobest drawe on hym day after other
& when þat wytt was warre watt þat dame st{u}odye tolde
he became so conf{u}vse he cowthe not looke
and as doumbe & deaffe & drewe hym arere
& for no carpyng I co{u}vlde after ne knelyng to þe gro{u}vnde
I myght gett no greyne off hys greate wyttes
but all laghynge he lowted & looked vp-on st{u}odye
In sygne þat I sh{u}olde beseche hyr off grace
& when I was warre off hys wyll to hys wyffe gan I lowte
& seyd mercy madame your man shall I worthe
as long as I ly{u}ve bothe late & rathe
for to worche your wyll þe whyle my lyffe d{u}vrethe
wyth þat ye kenne me kyndlye to knowe whatt ys dowell
For thy mekenes quod she & for þi mylde speche
I shall kenne þe to my cosyn þat claregy ys y-hooten
he hathe wedded a wyffe wyth-yn þis syx monethes
ys sybbe to þe sey{u}ven artes scrypt{u}vre ys hyr name
they two as I hoope after my teychyng
shall wysshen þe to do-well I {a}dare ytt vndertake
then was I as fayne as fowle off fayre morowe
and gladder þen the gleeman þat gold hathe to gyfte
& axked hyr þe hye way whereT clargye dwelte
& tell me some tokne quod I for tyme ys þat I wende
axe þe hye way quod st{u}odye hence to s{u}vffer
bothe well & wo & yff þou wylt lerne
& ryde forthe by ryche{s}ce & rest not therynne
& also þe lycoro{u}vs la{u}vnde þat lechyrye hatte
ley{u}ve ytt on þi lefte halfe a large myle & more
tyll þou come to a co{u}vrte kepe well þi tonge
from leasynges & lyther speche & lycoro{u}vs drynkes
þen shalthowe see / sobryete /P & symplenes off speche
that eche wyght be In wyll hys wytt þe to shewe
þus shalthowe come to clargye þat kanne manye thynges
sey hym þis sygne I sett hym to scole
& þat I grete well hys wyffe I wroote hyr many bokes
logyke I lerned hyr & manye other lawes
and all þe m{u}vsons In musyke I made hyr to knowe
plato þe poet I p{u}vtt hym f{u}vrste to booke
arestotell & other mo to arg{u}ve I taght
gramere for gerles I garte furste wryte
& bett þem wyth a baleyes but þei wolde lerne
off alkynnes craftes I contry{u}ved tooles
& lerned þem ley{u}vell & lyne thogh I looke dymme
theologie hathe tened me ten score tymes
þe more I m{u}vse therynne þe mystyer ytt semethe
& þe depper I dy{u}vyne þe derker me ytt thynkethe
ytt ys no syence forsothe / for to sotyle ynne
a full leythy thyng ytt were / yff þat lo{u}ve nere
and for yt let best by lo{u}ve I lo{u}ve ytt the better
looke þou lo{u}ve loyally yff þe lykethe dowell
for dobetter & dobest be off lo{u}ves kynne
In other sapyence ytt seyethe I segh ytt In caton
qui simulat verbis nec corde est fidus amicus
tu quoque fac simile sic ars deluditur arteC
& so shalthowe fal{s}ce foolke & faythles begyle
thys ys catons kennyng to clerkes þat he lerned
theolo{l}gye teycheth noght so / wo-so taketh ȝeyme
& kennythe vs þe contrarye ageynst catons wordes
for he byd vs beene as brethren & bydde for our enmyes
& lo{u}ven þem þat lyen on vs & leyne þem when þem nedethe
& do goode agaynst e{u}vell god hym-sel{u}ve yt hootethe
dum tempus habemus operemur bonum ad
pa{u}vle preyched the poeple þat perfettnes lo{u}ved
& namlyche to s{u}vyche as showen our byle{u}ve
and all þat lakken vs or leynd vs god teycheth vs to lo{u}ve
and not gre{u}ve theym þat gre{u}ve vs god þat forbyddethe
michi vindictam et ego retribuam & cetera //
forthy loke þou lo{u}ve as long as þou d{u}vrest
but astronamye ys a harde thyng & e{u}vyll for to knowe
geomytrye & geomysye ys gylefull off speche
wo-so thynkethe worche wyth tho two / thry{u}vethe full late
experymentes off alkanamye the poeple to decey{u}ve
yff þou thynke to do well deale therwyth {ner} neuere
all þes scyences I my-sel{u}ve subtyled & ordyned
& fo{u}vnded þem formost folke to dyscey{u}ve
tell clargye thes tokens & scrypture after
I co{u}vnseale þe kyndlye to knowe what ys dowell
I sayd gra{u}vnt mercy ma-dame & mekelyche hyr grette
and went wyghtlye a-way wyth-oute more lettyng
and tyll I cam to clargye I co{u}vlde neuere stynt
and grette þe goodman well as stodye me taght
and after-warde þe wyffe & worshyphyde þem bothe
and tolde þem þe toknes þat me taght were
was neuer goome vp-on gro{u}vnde sythe god made þe worlde
fayrer vnderfongen ne frendlyker att easse
then my-sel{u}ve sothlye soone so he wyste
þat I was off wyttes ho{u}vsse & wyth hys wyffe dame stodye
I seyde to hym sothely þat sent was I thydder
dowell & dobetter & dobest to lerne
wyth all þe artycles off þe faythe þat fallethe to be knowe
& þat ys to bele{u}ve loyally bothe lered & lewde
and on þe sothfast sonne þat sa{u}ved mankynde
from deydly dethe & þe de{u}velles power
thr{u}vgh helpe off þe holye gooste wych gooste ys off bothe
thre persones but noght In þe pl{u}vrell nombre
For all ys but on god & eche ys god hym-sel{u}ve
deus pater deus filius deus spiritus sanctus .//
god þe fadre god þe sonne god þe holy gost off bothe
maker off mankynd & off bestes bothe
aug{u}vstyne þe olde hereoff made bookes
and hym-sel{u}ve ordened to sadde vs In bele{u}ve
ego in patre et pater in me est & qui videt me videt & patrem meum et cetera //
all þe clerkes vndre cryste ne co{u}vlde þis assoyle
For had neuer freyke fyne wytt þe feythe to dysp{u}vte
ne man had no meyrett myght ytt beene y-pro{u}ved
fides non habet meritum {v}P vbi humana racio prebet experimentum .//
then ys dobett to suffer for thye so{u}vles sake
& þat þe boke byddethe by holycherche teychyng
& þat ys man by þi myght for mercyes saake
loke þou worche ytt yn worke þat þi worde shewethe
s{u}oyche as þou semest In syght be In assay fo{u}vnde
appare quod es vel esto quod appares ..//
& lett no bodye be by thy beyryng begyled
but s{u}oyche In þi so{u}vle as þou semest wyth-owte
then ys dobest to be bolde to blame the gyltye
sythe þou seeste thy-selffe as In so{u}vle cleane
but blame þou neuer bodye & þou be blame-worthye
Csi culpare velis culbabilis / cul[p]abilis esse cauebis
dogma tuum sordet cum te tua culpa remordet
god yn þe gospell grymly repro{u}vethe
all þat lakken any lyffe & lakkes haue þem-sel{u}ve
quid consideras festucam In oculo fratris tui trabem & cetera //
why mo{u}veste þou þi mode for a moete ys yn þi brothers eye
sythen a beame yn thyne owne ablyndethe þi-sel{u}ve
eice primo trabem de oculo tuo et cetera //
wych lettethe þe to looke lesse other more
I rede eche blynd bosarde do boote to hym-sel{u}ve
for abbottes & pryo{u}vrs & all maner prelates
as persones & perysshe prestes þat preche sholde & teyche
all maner men to amend by theyre myght
that ye were s{u}oyche as ye seyde to sal{u}ve wyth other
for goddes worde wolde not be lost for þat worchethe euer
yff ytt a{u}veyled not þe comen / ytt myght a{u}veyle your-sel{u}ve
but ytt semethe sothely to þe worldes syght
that goddes worde worchethe not on lerede ne lewde
but In s{u}oyche maner as marke me{n}vethe yn þe gospell
dum cecus ducit cecum ambo In foueam cadunt //
and þe fest{u}ve ys fallen for your defa{u}vte
In all maner off men thrugh mansed preestes
the byble beyrethe wyttnes that all the folke off ysraell
bytterly boght þe gyltes off two bad preestes
offyne & fynees for theyre co{u}vetyse
archa dei mysshapedT & hely brake hys necke
forthy correcto{u}vrs clowethe þeron correcteth f{u}vrste your-sel{u}ve
Cexistimasti inique quod ero tui similis
arguam te et statuam contra faciem tuam
þen sholde borell clerkes be asshamed to blame you or gre{u}ve
& carpen noght as þei do nowe & call youdome / you dome ho{u}vndes
canes non valentes latrare : //
& drede to wrathe you In any worde your workmanshyp to lett
& be prestyer att your preyer þen for a po{u}vnde off nobles
& all for your holynes haue youLG þis In herte
In scole there ys a scorne / but yff a clerke wyll learne
& greate lo{u}ve & lykyng for eche off þem lo{u}vethe other
& now ys relygyon a rydre a romer by stretes
an heype off ho{u}vndes att hys ar{s}ce as he a lorde were
& but yff hys kna{u}ve knele þat shall hym c{o}vppe brynge
he lo{u}vrethe on hym & askethe wo taght hym co{u}vrtysye
lytell had lordes to done to gy{u}ve land fro þer heyres
to relygyo{u}vse þat haue no re{u}vthe thogh yt reygne on þer a{u}vters
In many places þer persones be / by theym-sel{u}ve att easse
off þe po{u}ver haue þei no pyte & þat ys theyre charyte
& þei letten them as lordes þer lond lyethe so broode
but þer shall come a kyng & confesse you relygyo{u}vseC
& beyte you as þe byble tellethe for breykyng off your r{u}velle
& amend monales monkes & chanons
& put þem to theyr pennance {ad pr} ad prestinum / pr[i]stinum statum//
& {l}Barons P & {elr} erles th{u}rugh . beatus vir . teychyng
that theyr {barons} barnsT cleymen / & blamen {fowle} you fowle
hij in curribus & hij in equis ipsi obligati sunt .//
& then freres yn þeir fratour shall fynden a key
{ þat gregoryes good chyldren } off constantynes coffer In C wyche ys the catell
þat gregoryes goodLG chyldren haue e{u}vell dyspendyde
then shall þe abbott off abyndon & hys yss{u}ve for euere
haue a knocke wyth a kyng & vnc{u}vrable þe wo{u}vnde
that þis worthe sothe seke ye þat offte o{u}ver-se þe byble
quomodo cessauit exactor / quieuit tributum contriuit dominus.
baculum impiorum & virgam dominancium credencium plaga Insanabili .
but er þat kyng come kayem shall awake
and dowell shall dyng hym downe & dystroye hys myght
then ys dowell & dobett dominus & knygthoode
kynghoode & knygthoode by noght I can awayte
helpethe not to hey{u}ven-ward not a heyres end
ne ryches ryght nat ne ryallte off lordes
paule pre{u}vethe ytt vnpossyble ryche men haue hey{u}ven
salomon sayethe also þat syl{u}ver ys worste to lo{u}ve
nichil impius quam amare peccuniam . //
& caton kennethe vs to co{u}veyten noght but vs nedithe
dilige denarios sed perce dilige formam .//
& patryarkes & profettes & poettes bothe
wryten to wyssen vs to wylne no ryches
& preysed pouerte wyth pacyence þe appostelles wyttnessen
that þei haue heyrytage In hey{u}ven & by trewe ryght
there ryche men no ryght mey cleame but off r{u}vthe off grace
contra quod I by cryste that kan I repro{u}ve
& pro{u}ve ytt by petur & by po{u}vle bothe
that beene baptysed ben sa{u}ved be þei ryche or po{u}vre
that ys In extremis quod scrypt{u}vre among saresens & Iewes
they mow be sa{u}ved so & þat ys our byle{u}ve
then a vncrystyen yn þat case mey crysten a heythen
& for hys loall beleue when he þe ly{u}ve tynethe
haue þe herytage off hey{u}ven as any man crystene
but crystyen men wyth-owte more mey not come to hey{u}ven
for þat cryst for crystyen men dyeede & confyrmed þe lawe
that wo-so wold or wylnethe wyth cryste to aryse
si cum cristo surrexistis & cetera //
he sholde lo{u}ve & leynde & the lawe fullfyll
that ys lo{u}ve þi lorde god le{u}vest abo{u}ve all thyng
& after all crystyen creat{u}vres In comen eche man other
& th{u}vs belongethe to lo{u}ve þat le{u}vethe to be sa{u}ved
and butt we do þisLG In dede or þe day off dome
ytt shall besytten vs full sore þe syl{u}ver þat we kepen
for euery crysten creat{u}vre sh{u}olde be kynd to an-other
& sythen heypen / hey[þ]en to helpen In hoope off amendement
god hootethe bothe hyghe & lowe þat no man h{u}vrte other
& seyde sley not þat semblyable ys myne owne lyknes
but yff I send þe some tokne / & seyth non {m}nechaberisT: //
ys sley not but suffer and all for the best
for I shall p{u}vnnysshe þem In p{u}vrgatorye or In þe pytt off hell
eche man for hys myssdedes but mercy ytt lett
thys ys a long lesson quod I & lytle am I the wyser
where dowell ys or dobetter derklyche ye shewen
many tales ye tell that theologye lernethe
& þat I man made was & myne name entred
In þe legend off lyffe long ere I were
or wryten for wyckednes as holy wrytt wyttnessythe
nemo ascendit ad celum nisi qui de celo descendit. //
I le{u}ve yt well by our lord quod {he} I & no letter{u}vre better
for salomon þe sage that sapyence taght
god ga{u}ve hym grace off wytt & all hys goodes after
he demed well & wysely as holye wrytt tellethe
arestotell & he wo wyssed men bettre
masters þat off goddes mercyes preychen men & techen
off theyr wordes they wyssen vs for wysest yn þeir tyme
& all holye churche hold þem bothe y-damned
& yff I sh{u}olde worche by hys workes to wynne me hey{u}ven
þat for þer workes & wytt now wonnethe yn payne
and off fellLX wytty In faythe lytle farlye I haue
thogh theyr gost be vnhappy god for to pleasse
for many beene on þis molde more sett theyr hertes
In good then In god sythe þem grace faylethe
but þe most myscheffe when they shall ly{u}ve leete
as salomon dyd & s{u}oyche other þat shewed greate wyttes
but hys workes as holye wrytte seyethe was euer þe contrarye
forthy wyse wytted men & well lettered clerkes
as þei seyen theym-sel{u}ve seelde do there-after
super cathedram moysi et cetera .//
but I wene yt worthe off many as was In noyes tyme
tho he shoope þat shyppe off shydes & boordes
but bryddes & beastes & theyLG blyssed noy
god le{n}ve ytt fare noght so by folke þat þe faythe teychen
off holy cherche þat harborowe ys / & goddes ho{u}vse to sa{u}ve
& shyld vs fro shame þerynne / as noyes shyppe dyd bestes
& men þat made ytt / amyd þe floode dreynten
the colo{u}vr off þis cla{u}vse curato{u}vrs ys to meane
that be carpynters holycherche to make for cryst owne bestes
homines et iumenta saluabis domine : //
on good fryday & fynd a fellon was sa{u}ved
that had ly{u}ved all hys lyffe wyth leasynges & wyth thefte
& for he beknewe on þe crosse & to cryste shro{u}ve hym
he was sonner sa{u}ved then seynt Ihon the baptyst
that had leyne wyth lucyfer manye long yeres
wyth-oute pennance off p{u}vrgatory to perpet{u}vall blysse
& wo wors þen dauyd þat vryes dethe conspyred
or poule the apostell that no pyte hadde
moche crysten kynd to kyll to the dethe
& nowe be as soueregnes & seyntes In hey{u}ven
tho þat wroght wyckedest In worlde tho they were
and tho þat wysely wordeden & wryten many bookes
off wytt & off wyssdome wyth dampned so{u}vles wonne
that salomon sayeth I trowe be sothe & certen off vs all
siue Iusti atque sapientes & opera eorum In manu dei sunt . //
ther er wytty & well ly{u}vyng & there workes byn hydde
yn þe handys off allmyghty god & he woote þe sothe
or elles for hys e{u}vell wyll & en{u}vye off herte
& be alowed as he ly{u}vede / forby lyther men knowe þe good
& wo were a good man but yff I were some shrewe
forthy ly{u}ve we forthe wyth lyther men & le{u}ve fewe be good
for q{u}vant oportet comethe In place il nad qui pati
þe sothest worde þat euer god seyde was tho he sayde nemo bonus .//
clergye tho off crystes mo{u}vthe commendyd was lytle
for he sayde to seynt petur & to s{u}oyche as he lo{u}ved
dum steteritis ante reges et presides . //
thogh {c} ye come before kynges & clerkes off þe lawe
beythe not abasshed for I shalbe / shal be In your mo{u}vthes
& gy{u}ve you wytt & wyll & connyng to concl{u}vde
them all þat ageynst you off crydendome / cry[st]endome dysp{u}vten
dauid makethe mencyon he spake amongest kynges
& myght no kyng ouercome hym by kennyng off speche
but wytt ne wysdome ne wanne neuer the mastrye
when man was att mysscheffe wythowte þe more grace
þe doghtyest doctor & dy{u}vyno{u}vr off the trynyte
was aug{u}vstyne þe olde & þe hyest off þe fo{u}vre
sayd þou In a sermon I segh ytt wrytten on{es}ce
ecce Ipsi idiote rapiunt celum vbi nos
sapientes in Inferno mergimur . // C
& to meane In englyshe to more & to lasse
then plowmen & pasto{u}vrs & other comen laborers
sowters & shepperdes & s{u}oche lewde Ideottes
& passen p{u}vrgatorye pennanceles att þer hence partyng
In-to þe blysse off paradysse for þeir p{u}vre byle{u}ve
that imperfetly here knewe & eke ly{u}ved
ye men knowe clerkes / þat ha{u}ve c{u}vrsed þe tyme
þat euer ye co{u}vlde on þe boke more þen credo in deum
& pryncypallye theyr pater noster many person hath wysshed
I see ensample myselfe & so may many other
þat ser{u}vantes þat ser{u}ven lordes seylde fall yn arerage
but tho þat kepen þe lordes katell clerkes & rentes
ryght so lewde men & off lytle knowyng
seld fall þei so fo{.}wle & so farre In synne
as clarkes off holychurche þat kepe crystes treasore
þe wych ys manes sowle to sa{u}ve as god seyeth yn þe gospell
Ite vos In vineam meam et cetera //
explicit tercius passus de dowell