For if thei nou wol noght obeie

To suche as techen hem the weie,

And alday preche and alday telle

Hou that it stant of hevene and helle,

Thei wol noght thanne taken hiede,

If thou, mi Sone, canst descryve 1110

This tale, as Crist himself it tolde,

Thou schalt have cause to beholde,