Other versions read as follows: Ms. Balliol 354, f. 220b:
Man, a-say, a-say, a-say!
And aske thou mercy whyle thou may.
Man, haue in mynd how here beforn
for thy mysded thou wast forlorn,
to geve the mercy Cryst was born;
aske þou mercy whill þou may.
Yff thou thy lyff in syn hath lede,
amend the now & be not dred,
for Crystis mercy furth ys spred,
Ut supra.
Yff thy syn be never so yll,
yet for no syn thou shalt spyll,
amend the now yf þat thou will.
Ut supra.
He that hath the hether browght,
He wold that thou mercy sowght;
aske ytt & he denyth ytt nowght.
Ut supra.