I hope that they wil nat ben evel apayd,
Sith hit is seid in forthering and honour
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Of hem that either serven leef or flour.
For trusteth wel, I ne have nat undertake
As of the leef, ageyn the flour, to make;
Ne of the flour to make, ageyn the leef,
†No more than of the corn ageyn the sheef.
75
For, as to me, is leefer noon ne lother;