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,