Milton, Paradise Lost, i. 367.
Religiouse folk ben fulle covert,
Seculer folk ben more appert,
But natheles I wole not blame
Religious folk, ne hem diffame,
In what habit that ever thei go;
Religioun umble and trewe also
Wole I not blame, ne dispise;
But I nyl love it in no wise.
I mene of fals religious,