But keep the wolf far thence, that’s foe to men,
For with his nails he’ll dig them up again.’
They would not bury him ’cause he died in a quarrel;
But I have an answer for them:
‘Let holy church receive him duly,
Since he paid the church-tithes truly.’
His wealth is summ’d, and this is all his store;
This poor men get, and great men get no more.
Now the wares are gone, we may shut up shop.
Bless you all, good people!