Thei scholden wel be war therby.
Quod Habraham: “Nay sikerly;[812] 1100
For if thei nou wol noght obeie
To suche as techen hem the weie,
And alday preche and alday telle
Hou that it stant of hevene and helle,
Thei wol noght thanne taken hiede,[813]
Thogh it befelle so in dede
That eny ded man were arered,[814]
To ben of him no betre lered