| Ne takith of my wordis no displesaunce | |
75 | Thingis that been set in gouernaunce | |
| Of lordis doughtris only for two thingis | |
| Eythir forto kepe your honeste | |
| Or ellis ye haue falle in freelte | |
| And knowe wel y now the olde daunce | |
80 | And conne forsake fully myschaunce | |
| For euermore / therfore for cristis sake | |
| Kepe wel tho that ye haue vndertake | |
| A theef of veneson that hath forlaft | |
| His licorousnesse and al his theuys craft | |
85 | Can kepe a forest best of ony man | |
| Now keep hem wel for and ye wil ye can | |
| Lokith wel to no vice that ye assente | |
| Lest ye dampnyd be for your euyl entente | |
| For who so doth a treytour is certeyn | |
90 | And takith hede of that I shal seyn | |
| Of alle treson souereyn pestilence | |
| Is when a wight betraieth Innocence | |
| Ye fadris and ye modris also | |
| Thogh ye haue childryn one or two | |
95 | Youre is the charge of al her sufferaunce | |
| Whylis they been in ingnoraunce | |
| Bewaar by ensamplis of your liuynge | |
| Othir be negligent in chastisinge | |
| That they ne perissh for I dar wel seye | |
100 | If that they do ye shul it dere abeye | |
| Vnder a shepherde softe and negligent | |
| The wolf hath meny a sheep to rent | |