| | His berde as ony sowe or wex was reed | |
| 555 | And therto brood as it were a spade | |
| | Vp on the cop of his nose he hade | |
| | A werte and ther ou stood a tufte of heris | |
| | Rede as the brustelis of a sowes eris | |
| | His nostrellis blak were and wyde | |
| 560 | A swerd and a bokeler baar he be his syde | |
| | His mouth as greet as is a furneys | |
| | He was a Iangeler and a ioly hardeys | |
| | And that was most of synne & harlotryes | |
| | Wel coude he stele corn and tolle thryes | |
| 565 | And that he hadde a thombe of gold parde | |
| | A whit cote and a blew hood weryd he | |
| | A bagge pype coude he blowe and sowne | |
| | And there with he broughte out of towne | |
| | A | Gentyl Mancipyl was ther of the tempyl | |
| 570 | Of whiche a catour mighte take ensampyl | |
| | Forto be wyse in byinge of vitayl | |
| | For whethir he payde or took be tayl | |
| | Algate he waytyd so on his acate | |
| | That he was ay before and in good state | |
| 575 | Now is nat that of god a fair grace | |
| | That suche a lewd mannys witte shal pace | |
| | The wisedom of an heep of lerned men | |
| | Of maistris hadde he moo than thries ten | |
| | That were of lawe expert and corious | |
| 580 | Of whiche ther were a dosen in that hous | |
| | Worthy to be stuardis of rente and londe | |
| | Of ony lord that is in Engelond | |
