And this men sen, thurgh lacke of love[189]

Where as the lond divided is,

It mot algate fare amis:

P. i. 34

And now to loke on every side,

A man may se the world divide,

The werres ben so general

Among the cristene overal,

That every man now secheth wreche,

And yet these clerkes alday preche[190] 900