| By symonye or by othir circumstauncis | |
| Thus quyte I folk that doth vs displesauncis | |
| Thus spit I out my venym vnder hewe | |
| Of holynes to seme holy and trewe | |
95 | But shortly myn entent I wol deuyse | |
| I preche of no thing but of couetyse | |
| Therfore my teme is yet and euer was | |
| Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas | |
| Thus gan I preche the same wyse | |
100 | To suche as be vsyng the syn of aueryse | |
| But though my self be gilty in that synne | |
| Yet can I make other folk to twynne | |
| From auarice / and sore to repente | |
| But that is not my principal entente | |
105 | I preche no thing but for couetyse | |
| Of this mater it ought y now suffyse | |
| Than telle I of ensamplis many on | |
| Of olde storyes / longe tyme agoon | |
| For lewd pepyl louyn talis olde | |
110 | Whiche thingis can they weel reporte & holde | |
| What trow ye whylis that I may preche | |
| And forto wynne gold & siluer forto teche | |
| That I wil lyue in pouert wilfully | |
| Nay nay I thoughte it neuer trewly | |
115 | For I wol preche and begge in sondry londis | |
| I wil not do no labour with my hondis | |
| And make baskettis and lyue therby | |
| Be cause I wol not begge Idelly | |
| I wil non of the apostolis countirfete | |