| | I warne you wel saue I and a frere | |
| | In Engelond can no man it make | |
| | No force quod he now sire for goddis sake | |
| | What shal I paye tel me I you pray | |
| 640 | I wis quod he it is ful dere I say | |
| | Sire at o word yf that it list you haue | |
| | Ye shul paye . xl . pound so god me saue | |
| | And nere the frendship that ye did or this | |
| | To me sholde ye paye more ywis | |
| 645 | This preest the summe of . xl . pound anone | |
| | Of noblis fet and took hem euerichone | |
| | To this Chanon for this ilke receit | |
| | Al his workyng was but fraude and disceit | |
| | Sire preest he sayde I kepe to haue no loos | |
| 650 | Of my craft for I wol kepe it cloos | |
| | And as ye loue me kepe ye it secre | |
| | For yf men knewe al my subtilte | |
| | Be god they wolde haue so gret enuye | |
| | To me be cause of my philosophie | |
| 655 | I sholde be ded ther were non other wey | |
| | God it forbede quod the prest what ye sey | |
| | Yet hadde I leuer spende al the good | |
| | Whiche that I haue or ellis were I wood | |
| | Than that ye sholde falle in suche a myschief | |
| 660 | Weel sire haue ye wel good preef | |
| | Quod this Chanon and farewel grant mercy | |
| | And wente his wey and neuer the preest hym sy | |
| | Aftir that day when that this prest sholde | |
| | Makyn assay suche tyme as he wolde | |
