"For right as bayt þe hok heliþ And so þe gredi keling teliþ, so telid Ih[=u]s wiþ flesch & blode _Gormond_ þe _gredi_ on þe rode: Gormond þe gredi I him calle Þt swelewiþ synful soulis alle, Þt neuer is ful but euer redi To ha[=u]se hem as _Gawen gredi_. Þis Gaweyn was hirchid on a hoke Þat flesch & bold on Marie toke for hirching þe bodi slas And so slow Ih[=e] Salhanas."--P. 193. 3. At p. 352. a rebuke is administered to the _gourmet_ in the following terms: "Þat oþer gostli ydropicy Is called on Englisch gloteny, þ't mekil is vsed wiþ these burgese, þt lyue mekil at hir owne ese. þei gar (i.e. _cause to_) seke þ'e cuntre thorw, Boþe oplond and in borw, Riche metis for to bye, Summe to bake and summe to frye: Al schal ben brouht on to his ham Beste and foul boþ'e wylde & tame, And yet all þis way not fille His yernyng & his herte wille. On þe pore men þinkiþ he nought Ne on þt lord þt him der bought. Many a mes be forn him stondiþ And of ilkon sum þing he fondiþ, Of venyson, of gos and gryse, Tarte, _blawmanger_, and of ryse, Of euerilkon sumwhat he tastiþ And so forsoþe his kynde be wastiþ, For ser deyntes & many mes Make men falle in many sicknes. But if þe riche man wolde þinke Among al his mete & drynke, þt his flesch schol rote in molde, He wold not bin þerto so bolde." 4. The following passage is curious in more respects than one: "This day _witsonday_ is cald, For wisdom & wit seuene fald Was youen to þe apostles as þis day For wise in alle þingis wer thay, To spek wt outen mannes lore Al maner langage eueri whore. þei spak _latyn_, _frensch_ & _grew_, _Saresenay_, _deuenisch_ & _ebrew_, _Gascoyne_, _Pikard_, Englisch & Walsch And oþer speche spak þei als." 5. At p. 372. we have an interesting picture of a nun persecuted by the rest of the sisterhood on account of her stricter living: