Wp/enm/Bef

Bef biþ þe flesch of a ded cou, or oxe or bule. Þe word eek mai signyfien a livende cou, or elles a ded cou þet is ȝeet hool, þouȝ hit nevre nis so emploied on Newe Englysse. Þe humaigne lynage at bēef siþen er rekenness.

Bēf graunteþ man protein and nutriment, bot surfeet of beef bryngeþ vnhelþ. Beves behoueþ wunder muche substaunce to reren, and lond, þerfore me held þys flesch oft a mete of richesse ouer al historye. Bot for þe selve cause eek seien some on our tyde þet me scholde forbouen bef for natvres sake, and seien ooþre þet me scholde hit eten bot selden.