And for I not how it schal wende,

Bot I dar take god to borwe, 960

Thanne I yow seie have I noght be:

Tell me, mi fader, what you semeth.

In good feith, Sone, wel me qwemeth,

That thou thiself hast thus aquit

Toward this vice, in which no wit

He lest al that he mai laboure 970