4 Charite is pacient, it is benygne; charite enuyeth not, it doith not wickidli, it is not blowun,5 it is not coueytouse, it sekith not tho thingis that ben hise owne, it is not stirid to wraththe, it thenkith not yuel,6 it ioyeth not on wickidnesse, but it ioieth togidere to treuthe;7 it suffrith alle thingis, it bileueth alle thingis, it hopith alle thingis, it susteyneth alle thingis.8 Charite fallith neuere doun, whether prophecies schulen be voidid, ethir langagis schulen ceesse, ethir science schal be distried.