To grobbe vp metal lurkynge in dirkenesse
And in þe Ryuerys fyrst gemmys sowhte
Allas than sprong+ vp al the cursydnesse
Of coueytyse þat fyrst owr sorwe browhte [32]
¶ Thyse tyrauntȝ put hem gladly nat in pres
No places wyldnesse ne no busshes for to wynne
Ther pouerte is as seith diogenes
Ther as vitayle ek is so skars and thinne [36]
Þat nat but mast or apples is ther Inne
But þer as bagges ben and fat vitaile