Neet ys a genre of beeſte þat man keepeþ for mete and for here bodilich subſtaunce; þat is, quik catel. An ooþer word is neeten, þat is wel neeȝ neete on signyfianuce.
Neet bitoknyth ofteſt kyyn, and whiilen ooþer fe.
Alle neeten ben mammales þat han fowre leggys. Neeten biloukeþ kiin, and scheep, and swyyn, and gotes and bockes.
Munekes ben forboden, and minechen, to diinen of neeten fleishe.