NOBLESSE.
Hvo þet þanoþrene urydom huer-of ich habbe yspeke myȝte habbe : to greate noblesse hit ssolde come. Þe zoþe noblesse / comþ of þe gentyle herte. Vorzoþe non herte ne is gentyl : bote he louie god. þanne þer ne is non noblesse: bote to serui god an louye. ne vyleynye: bote ine þe contrarie. þet is god to wreþi / and to do zenne. Non ne ys ariȝt gentyl / ne noble / of þe gentilesse of þe bodye. Vor ase to þe bodye : alle we byeþ children of one moder. þet is of erþe: and of wose. huer-of we nome alle : uless and blod. of þo zide : non ne is ariȝt gentil / ne vri. Ac oure riȝte uader / is kyng of heuene / þet made þet body of þe erþe. and ssop þe zaule to his anlycnesse an to his fourme. An al ase hit is of þe uader ulesslich þet mochel is bliþe / huanne his children him byeþ ylych. al-zuo hit is of oure uader gostlich / þet be wrytinges / an be his zondes / ne let naȝt ous to somony / and bidde / þet we zette payne : to by him ilich. and þeruore he ous zente his blissede zone Ihesu crist in-to erþe / uor to brenge ous þe zoþe uorbisne / huer-by we byeþ yssape to his ymage / and to his uayrhede / ase byeþ þo þet wonyeþ ine his