| | 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 | |