| | Certis quod he nothing anoieth me | |
| | To lene a man an nobil or two or thre | |
| | Or what thing were in my possessioun | |
| 320 | Whan he is so trewe of condicion | |
| | That in no wyse he breke wol his day | |
| | To suche a man I can not sey nay | |
| | What quod this chanon sholde I be vntrew | |
| | Nay that were a thing fallyn of new | |
| 325 | Trowthe is a thing that I wol euer kepe | |
| | In to that day in whiche I shal crepe | |
| | In to my graue or ellis crist forbede | |
| | Beleuyth this as sikir as the crede | |
| | God I thanke and in good tyme be it said | |
| 330 | That ther nas neuer man yet euyl payd | |
| | For gold ne siluer that he me lente | |
| | Ne neuer falshede in my herte I mente | |
| | And sir quod he now of my priuyte | |
| | Syn ye so goodliche haue be to me | |
| 335 | And kidith to me so gret gentilnes | |
| | Somwhat to quyte with your kyndenes | |
| | I wil you shew yf ye list to here | |
| | I wol you teche plener the matere | |
| | How I can workyn in philosophye | |
| 340 | Take good hede ye shul weel seen at ye | |
| | That I wil a maistrye do or I goo | |
| | Ye sir quod the preest and wol ye so | |
| | Mary ther of y pray you hertely | |
| | At your comaundement sir trewly | |
| 345 | Quod the chanon and ellis crist forbede | |
