| | Ho shal no good haue that he may suffise | |
| | For al the good he spendith ther aboute | |
| | He lese shal therof haue I no doute | |
| 115 | Who so that listith vttre his folye | |
| | Let hym com forth and lerne to multiplye | |
| | And euery man that hath aught in his cofre | |
| | Let hym apere and wexe a philisofir | |
| | Prest or Chanon or ony other wight | |
| | Though he sitte at his book day and nyght | |
| | In lernynge of this eluysshe nyce lore | |
| | Al is in veyn and parde mochil more | |
| 125 | Is to lerne alewd man this subtilte | |
| | Fy spek not ther of it wol not be | |
| | And can he lettrure or can he none | |
| | As in effect he shal fynde it allone | |
| | For bothe two be my sauacion | |
| 130 | Concludyn in multiplicacion | |
| | Al liche weel when they haue al y do | |
| | This is to seyn they faylen bothe two | |
| | Yet forgat I to make rehersayll | |
| | Of watris corosiff and of lymayll | |
| 135 | And of bodijs mollificacion | |
| | And also of her induracion | |
| | Oylis ablacions metall fusibill | |
| | To telle you al it wold passe ony bibyl | |
| | That owhere is therfore as for the best | |
| 140 | Of thyse namys now wol I me rest | |
| | For as I trowe I haue told y nowe | |
| | To reyse a fynde al loke he neuer so Rowe | |
