That hem wer levest for to stonde,
And shelde hem fro [povert] and shonde,
And fro unhappe and ech disese,
90
And sende hem al that may hem plese,
That take hit wel, and scorne hit noght,
Ne hit [misdemen] in her thoght
Through [malicious] entencioun.
And who-so, through presumpcioun,
95