| 335 | He shal haue neuer the lasse light parde | |
| | Haue thou ynough thou dar not pleyne the | |
| | Thou sayst also yf that we make vs gay | |
| | With clothing or with precious aray | |
| | That it is peril of our chastite | |
| 340 | And with sorow thou most enforcen the | |
| | And say thyse wordis in the Apostelis name | |
| | In habit made with chastite and shame | |
| | Ye women shul appareylle you quod he | |
| | And nat in tressid heer and riche perre | |
| 345 | As peerlis ne with gold ne clothis riche | |
| | After thy thought ne aftir thy Rubriche | |
| | I wol not worche as moche as a gnat | |
| | Thou sayst thus I walke out as a cat | |
| | But who so wol senge the cattis skyn | |
| 350 | Than wyl the cat duelle in his yn | |
| | And yf the cattis skyn be slight and gay | |
| | She wol not duelle in his hous half aday | |
| | But forth she wol or ony day bedawed | |
| | To shewe her skyn and go a catirwawid | |
| 355 | This is to say yf I begay sir shrewe | |
| | I wol renne out my borel forto shewe | |
| | Sire olde fool what helpith the to espien | |
| | Though thou pleye argus with his hundrid yen | |
| | To be my warde corps as he may best | |
| 360 | In feith he shal not kepe me but me lest | |
| | Yet coude I make his berd so mote I the | |
| | Thou sayst eek that ther be thingis thre | |
| | The whiche thingis troublen al the erthe | |
