Bothe pore and riche, in oon [e]state.
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For if his freend, thurgh any gate,
Wol compleyne of his povertee,
He shulde not byde so long, til he
Of his helping him requere;
For good deed, done [but] thurgh prayere,
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Is sold, and bought to dere, y-wis,
To hert that of gret valour is.