HOU ME SSEL TO-DELE ÞE ZEUE BOȜES OF PREDE.
Þis zenne him to-delþ / and spret / ine zuo uele deles / þet onneaþe / me may hise telle. Ac zeuen principals doles / þer byeþ. þet byeþ / ase zeue boȝes / þet guoþ out / and byeþ y-bore / of ane wyckede rote.
Þanne / þe uerste boȝ of prede: is / ontreuþe. þe oþer: onworþhede. þe þridde: ouerweninge. þet we [me?] clepeþ / presumcion. þe uerþe folebayrie. þet we [me?] clepieþ / ambicion. þe vifte: ydele blisse. þe zixte: ypocrisie. þe zeuende: wyckede drede. To þise zeue diȝtinges / belongeþ alle þe zennes / þet byþ y-bore of prede. Ac ech of þise zeue boȝes / heþ uele smale tuyegges.
Þe uerste boȝ of prede / þet is / ontreuþe. hehim to-delþ / in þri little boȝes. huer-of þe uerste / is kuead. þo oþer : worse. þe þridde / alþerworst. þe on is voulhede. þe oþer: wodhede. þe þridde: renoyrye. Voulhede : generalliche / is ine eche zenne. vor no zenne / ne is / wyþ-oute uoulhede. and zuo beginneþ / alle