| | I shal diffame hym ouer al where y speke | |
| 505 | That fals blasfemur that chargid me | |
| | To parte that wol not departid be | |
| | To euery ylike moche with myschaunce | |
| | The lord sat stille as he were in a traunce | |
| | And in his herte he rollid vp and doun | |
| 510 | How that this chorle had dilectacion | |
| | To shewe suche a probleme to the frere | |
| | Neuer erst to now herde I of suche a matere | |
| | I trow the deuyl put it in his mynde | |
| | In ars metrik shal ther noman fynde | |
| 515 | Beforn this day of suche a questioun | |
| | Who sholde make a demonstracion | |
| | That euery man sholde haue lik his part | |
| | As of a soun or of a souour of a fart | |
| | O nyce prowd chorle I shrew his face | |
| 520 | Lo sirs quod the lord with hard grace | |
| | To euery y like tel me how | |
| | That a fart sholde be departid now | |
| | Hit is an impossible it may not be | |
| | Ey nyce chorle god lete hym neuer the | |
| 525 | The rombling of a fart and euery soun | |
| | Nys but of ayer reuerberacioun | |
| | And there it wastith litil and litil awey | |
| | Ther is noman can deme be my fey | |
| | Yf that it were departid equally | |
| 530 | What lo this chorle lo how shrewdly | |
| | Vnto my confessour to day he spak | |
| | I holde hym certayn a demonyak | |
