And winnen hir lyflode in that wyse,
And hem defended truaundyse,
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And seide, "Wirketh with your honden;"
Thus shulde the thing be undirstonden.
He nolde, y-wis, bidde hem begging,
Ne sellen gospel, ne preching,
Lest they berafte, with hir asking,
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Folk of hir catel or of hir thing.