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For men bihoveth, in som gyse,
Som-tyme [leven] goddes servyse
To gon and purchasen her nede.
Men mote eten, that is no drede,
And slepe, and eek do other thing;
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So longe may they leve praying.
So may they eek hir prayer blinne,
While that they werke, hir mete to winne.