And if ther any reprove me,
Why that I lete the pore be,
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Wostow how I [mot] ascape?
I sey, and swerë him ful rape,
That riche men han more tecches
Of sinne, than han pore wrecches,
And han of counseil more mister;
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And therfore I wol drawe hem ner.