The worldes cause is waited overal,
Ther ben the werres redi to the fulle;
Bot Cristes oghne cause in special,
Ther ben the swerdes and the speres dulle;
And with the sentence of the popes bulle,
As forto do the folk paien obeie,[1948]
The chirche is turned al an other weie. 210
It is to wondre above a mannys wit[1949]
Withoute werre how Cristes feith was wonne,
And we that ben uppon this erthe yit