| | Ful many apound yet fare I neuer the bet | |
| | Certeyn my good haue I almost beset | |
| 245 | Farwel my gold for it is al a go | |
| | The frere answerd o Thomas dost thou so | |
| | What nedith the dyuers freris forto seche | |
| | What nedith hym that hath a parfyt leche | |
| | To sechen othir lechis in ony toun | |
| 250 | Your in constaunce is your confusioun | |
| | Hold ye than me and eke al our couent | |
| | To preye for you be not sufficient | |
| | Thomas that iape is not worth a myte | |
| | Your maladye is for we haue to lyte | |
| 255 | And yeue that couent four and twenty grotis | |
| | And yeue that couent half a quartir otis | |
| | And yeue that frere a peny and let hym go | |
| | Nay . nay Thomas it may no thing be so | |
| | What is a ferthing worth partid on twelue | |
| 260 | Lo eche thing that is onyd in hym selue | |
| | Is more strong than whan it is skaterid | |
| | Thomas of me thou shalt not be flaterid | |
| | Thou woldist haue our labour al for nought | |
| | The high god that al this worlde hath wrought | |
| 265 | Saith that the workman is worthy his hire | |
| | Thomas of your tresour nought wol I desire | |
| | As for my self but that our Couent | |
| | To praye for you be ay so diligent | |
| | And forto holde vp cristis owen chirche | |
| 270 | Thomas yf ye wol lerne forto wirche | |
| | Of bildynge vpon chirchis mow ye fynde | |
