| | There as deuyne seruyse is honourid | |
| | Nat there it is wastid and deuouryd | |
| | Ne there it nedith not to be yeuyn | |
| | As to possessioners that mowe lyuyn | |
| 15 | Thankid be god in wele and habundaunce | |
| | Trentals sayd he deliuereyn from penaunce | |
| | Here frendis soulis as wel olde as yong | |
| | Ye whan they be so hastely y song | |
| | Not forto holde a prest Ioly and gay | |
| 20 | He syngeth but o masse on aday | |
| | Deliuereth out anon quod he the soulis | |
| | Ful hard it is with flesh ook and oulis | |
| | To been I clawed / or to brenne or bake | |
| | Now spede you hastely for cristis sake | |
| 25 | And when this frere had said his entent | |
| | With qui cum patre / forth his wey he went | |
| | Whan folk in the chirche had yeue what hem lest | |
| | He wente his wey no lenger wolde he rest | |
| | With skippe and tippid staf y tukkid hye | |
| 30 | In euery mannys hous he gan to poure and prye | |
| | And beggid mele or chese or ellis corn | |
| | His felaw hadde a staf I tippid with horn | |
| | A peyre of tablis of clene yuory | |
| | And a poyntel y polysshed fetously | |
| 35 | And wroot the namys alwey as he stood | |
| | Of alle the folk that yaf hym ony good | |
| | Askaunce that he wolde for hem praye | |
| | Yeue vs a busshel whete mele or reye | |
| | A goddis kichil or a crip of chese | |
