Now preye I to hem alle that herkne this 
 Litel tretys or rede, that if ther be any thynge 
 In it that liketh hem, that therof they thanken 
 Oure lord jhesu crist, of whom procedeth al 
 Wit and al goodnesse./ And if ther be any 
 Thyng that displese hem, I preye hem also that 
 They arrette it to the defaute of myn unkonnynge, 
 and nat to my wyl, that wolde ful fayn 
 Have seyd bettre if I hadde had konnynge./ 
 For oure book seith, al that is writen is writen 
 For our doctrine, and that is myn entente./ 
 Wherfore I biseke yow mekely, for the mercy 
 Of go, that ye preye for me that crist have 
 Mercy on me and foryeve me my giltes;/ and 
 Namely of my translacions and enditynges of 
 Worldly vanitees, the whiche I revoke in 
 My retracciouns/ as is the book of troilus; 
 the book also of fame; the book of 
 The xxv. Ladies; the book of the duchesse; 
 The book of seint valentynes day of the parlemen 
 of briddes; the tales of counterbury, 
 Thilke that sownen into synne;/ the book of the 
 Leoun; and many another book. If they were 
 In my remembrance, and many a song and 
 Many a leccherous lay; that crist for his grete 
 Mercy foryeve me the synne./ But of the translacion 
 of boece de consolacione, and othere 
 Bookes of legendes of seintes, and omelies and 
 Moralitee, and devocioun./ That thanke I oure 
 Lord jhesu crist and his blisful mooder, and 
 Alle the seintes of hevene,/ bisekynge hem that 
 They from hennes forth unto my lyves ende 
 Sende me grace to biwayle my giltes, and to 
 Studie to the salvacioun of my soule, and 
 Graunte me grace of verray penitence, confessioun 
 and satisfaccioun to doon in this 
 Present lyf,/ thurgh the benigne grace of 
 Hym that is kyng of kynges and preest 
 Over alle preestes, that boghte us with the 
 Precious blood of his herte;/ so that is may 
 Been oon of hem at the day of doom that shulle 
 Be saved. Qui cum patre et spiritu sancto vivit 
 Et regnat deus per omnia secula. Amen.