As many a frere, God wote,
Preches[1242] for his grote,
Flatterynge[1243] for a newe cote 840
And for to haue his fees;
Some to gather chese;
Loth they are to lese
Eyther corne or malte;[1244]
Somtyme meale and salte,
Somtyme a bacon flycke,
That is thre fyngers thycke