XIV.
[1]
Lauerd, in þi telde wha sal wone?
In þi hali hille or wha reste mone?
2
Whilke þat incomes wemles,
And ai wirkes rightwisenes;
3
Þat spekes sothnes in hert his,
And noght dide swikeldome in tunge his,
4
Ne dide to his neghburgh iuel ne gram,
Ne ogaines his neghburgh vpbraidinge nam.
5
To noghte es lede lither in his sight;
And dredand lauerd he glades right.
6
He þat to his neghburgh sweres
And noght biswikes him ne deres;
Ne his siluer til okir noght es giuande,
Ne giftes toke ouer vnderande.
7
Þat does þese, night and dai,
Noghte sal he be stired in ai.