For whan hir swinking is agoon,

They rede and singe in chirche anoon.

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'And for ther hath ben greet discord,

As many a wight may bere record,

Upon the estate of mendience,

I wol shortly, in your presence,

Telle how a man may begge at nede,

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That hath not wherwith him to fede,