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5605 Though he have lytel worldis goode,
5606 Mete and drynke, and esy foode,
5607 Upon his travel and lyvyng,
5608 And also suffisaunt clothyng.
5609 Or if in syknesse that he fall,
5610 And lothe mete and drynke withall,
5611 Though he have not, his mete to bye,
5612 He shal bithynke hym hastly,
5613 To putte hym oute of all daunger,
5614 That he of mete hath no myster;
5615 Or that he may with lytel eke
5616 Be founden, while that he is seke;
5617 Or that men shull hym berne in haste,
5618 To lyve, til his syknesse be paste,
5619 To somme maysondewe biside;
5620 He caste nought what shal hym bitide.
5621 He thenkith nought that evere he shall
5622 Into ony syknesse fall.
5623 'And though it fall, as it may be,
5624 That all betyme spare shall he
5625 As mochel as shal to hym suffice,
5626 While he is sike in ony wise,
5627 He doth, for that he wole be
5628 Contente with his poverte
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