Ne ches þe neuere to fere
littele mon ne long ne red...
Þe luttele mon he his so rei,
ne mai non him wonin nei...
Þe lonke mon is leþe bei,
selde comid is herte rei...
Þe rede mon he is a quet,
for he wole þe þin iwil red
he is cocker, þef and horeling,
scolde, of wrechedome he is king...