And willen that folk hem loute and grete,

Whan that they passen thurgh the strete,

And wolen be cleped "Maister" also.

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But they ne shulde not willen so;

The gospel is ther-ageyns, I gesse:

That sheweth wel hir wikkidnesse.

'Another custom use we:—

Of hem that wol ayens us be,

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