[Sidenote: [The fyrst met{ur}.]]
¶ Who so wil sowe a felde plentiuous. lat hym first delyuer it of þornes
{and} kerue asondre wiþ his hooke þe bushes {and} þe ferne so þat þe
corne may come{n} heuy of eres {and} of greins. hony is þe more swete
yif mouþes han firste tastid sauoures þ{a}t ben wikke. ¶ þe sterres
shynen more agreably whan þe wynde Nothus letiþ his ploungy blastes.
{and} aftir þat lucifer þe day sterre haþ chased awey þe derke nyȝt. þe
day þe feir{e}r lediþ þe rosene horse of þe sonne. ¶ Ryȝt so þou
byholdyng first þe fals[e] goodes. bygynne to wiþdrawe þi nek[ke] fro þe
ȝok of erþely affecc{i}ou{n}s. {and} afterwarde þe verrey goodes
sholle{n} entre i{n} to þi corage.