[Dives and Lazarus.]
Of Cristes word, who wole it rede,
Hou that this vice is forto drede
Hic ponit exemplum contra istos delicatos. Et narrat de diuite et Lazaro, quorum gestus[797] in euangelio Lucas euidencius describit.
In thevangile it telleth plein,
Which mot algate be certein,
For Crist himself it berth witnesse.
And thogh the clerk and the clergesse 980
In latin tunge it rede and singe,
Yit for the more knoulechinge