| | And tweyne of vs shal strenger be than on | |
| | Loke when he is set and than anon | |
| | A ryse as though thou woldist with hym pleye | |
| 500 | And I shal ryue hym thorough the sidis tweye | |
| | Whilis thou strogelist with hym in game | |
| | And with thy daggar loke thou do the same | |
| | And than shal al this gold departid be | |
| | My dere frend betwix me and the | |
| 505 | Than may we bothe our lustis fulfille | |
| | And pleye atte dyse right at our owen wille | |
| | And thus accordid be thyse shrewis tweye | |
| | To sle the thridde as ye haue herd me seye | |
| | This yongest whiche that wente to the toun | |
| 510 | Ful ofte in herte he rollid vp and doun | |
| | The beaute of thyse floreyns newe and bright | |
| | O lord quod he yf so were that I might | |
| | Al this tresour wynne to my self alone | |
| | Ther nys noman that liuyth vnder trone | |
| 515 | Of god that sholde lyue as mery as I | |
| | And atte laste the fend our enemy | |
| | Put in his herte that he sholde poyson beye | |
| | With whiche he mighte sle his felowis twey | |
| | For why the fend fond hym in suche liuynge | |
| 520 | That he hadde leue hym in sorwe to brynge | |
| | For this was vtterly his entent | |
| | To sle hem bothe and neuer to repent | |
| | And forth he goth no lenger wolde he tary | |
| | In to the toun vnto apotecary | |
| 525 | And prayde hym that he wolde hym selle | |
