In theire stable scant a steade,

To brynge vp nor to breade,

Ye,[286] scant able to brynge

To the marckytt eny thynge

Towardes theire housekeping;

And scant have a cowe,

Nor[287] to kepe a poore sowe:

This[288] the worlde is nowe.

And[289] to heare the relacyon

Of the poore mens communycacion,