"Kynde," quod Wit, "is a creatour Of alle kynnes thynges, Fader and formour Of al that evere was maked; And that is the grete God That gynnyng hadde nevere, Lord of lif and of light, 5210 Of lisse and of peyne. {161} Aungeles and alle thyng Arn at his wille; Ac man is hym moost lik Of marc and of shafte; For thorugh the word that he spak Woxen forth beestes. _Dixit et facta sunt._ "And made man likkest To hymself one, 5220 And Eve of his ryb-bon, Withouten any mene, For he was synguler hymself; And seide _faciamus_, As who seith moore moot herto Than my word oone, My myght moot helpe Forth with my speche. Right as a lord sholde make lettres, And hym lakked parchemyn, 5230 Though he koude write never so wel, If he hadde no penne, The lettre, for al the lordshipe, I leve were nevere y-maked. "And so it semeth by hym, As the Bible telleth, There he seide _Dixit et facta sunt_, He moste werche with his word, And his wit shewe. And in this manere was man maad, 5240 Thorugh myght of God almighty, With his word and werkmanshipe, And with lif to laste. And thus God gaf hym a goost, Thorugh the godhede of hevene, {162} And of his grete grace Graunted hym blisse, And that is lif that ay shal laste To al his lynage after. And that is the castel that Kynde made, 5250 _Caro_ it hatte, And is as muche to mene As man with a soule; And that he wroghte with werk, And with word bothe, Thorgh myght of the magesté Man was y-maked. "Inwit and alle wittes Closed ben therinne, For love of the lady _Anima_, 5260 That lif is y-nempned; Over al in mannes body He walketh and wandreth. And in the herte is hir hoom And hir mooste reste. "Ac Inwit is in the heed, And to the herte he loketh; What _Anima_ is leef or looth, He lat hire at his wille; For after the grace of God, 5270 The gretteste is Inwit. "Muche wo worth that man That mys-ruleth his Inwit; And that ben glotons glubberes, Hir God is hire wombe. _Quorum deus venter est._ "For thei serven Sathan, Hir soules shal he have. That lyven synful lif here, {163} Hir soule is lich the devil; 5280 And alle that lyven good lif Are lik to God almyghty, _Qui manet in caritate, in Deo manet, etc._ = "Alas! that drynke shal for-do That God deere boughte, And dooth God forsaken hem That he shoop to his liknesse. _Amen dico vobis, nescio vos. Et alibi: Et dimisi eos secundum desideria 5290 eorum._