Off mekenesse.
Be þou meke, be þou grounded in mekenesse, [be þou] laste and loweste of alle. By mekenesse make þi-selfe leste, sette þi-selfe before noman, trowe þi-selfe aboue noman; a-vaunte not þi-selfe, boste not þi-selfe, enhaunce not þi-selfe wanntounly; streche not forþe þe wynges of pryde; so moche þou schalt be þe more precyouse afore god, þat þou setteste lytylle pryce by þi-selfe. ¶ Bere þerfore schamefastenes in chere by mynde of þi defauȝttes, for schame of þi synnes be dysmayed to loke prowedly, walke wiþ a lowe chere, wiþ a meke mouþe, and wiþ a sad vysage. In hyȝe worschype, haue grete mekenesse; alleþouȝ þou be of hyȝe power, restreyne hyȝnes in þi-sylfe, lete not worschype make þe prowde; þe heyȝer þou arte in dygnyte, þe lower by mekenesse þou make þee.