He þat wel vnderstondes,
Amende while he mende may,
Make hym clene, and wasche his hondes,
And recche neuere what men say.
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¶ Thouȝ holy chirche shulde fawtes mende,
Summe put hem of for mede;
And summe wiþ maystriȝe hem defende,
That holy chirche stant of hem drede.
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Þo þat recchelesly sowe here sede,
Here lond of vertues ligge ful lay.
Þe holy chirche þe corn shuld wede;
ffor cowardis, þey dar not say.
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¶ Gloseres that wiþ lordis bene,
Þey thryue faste þouȝ þey come late,
ffor þey wole a lord to wene
Þat he is byloued ther men hym hate,
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And wiþ his frendis make debate,
Of pore puple pyke here pray.
Of all degre, of eche astate,
After þey lyue, all folk wole say.
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¶ ffro goddis syȝt, who may stele
Word or werk, þe lest þouȝt?
Þe comoun voys nyl not hele,
But loue, or hate, as werk is wrouȝt; [folio 103a]
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ffor soþnes neuere hernes souȝt.
Who secheþ wel, he may assay.
The good[e] lyuere neuere rouȝt
Of his werkis what men say.
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¶ Of all degre, of eche astate,
After desert þe name haþ prys.
Þat lord his owen worship doþ hate,
Þat ȝeueþ anoþer his offys—
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