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,