Some ben souple, simple and small;

Whether of hem is falser founde,

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The falser, foul mote him befall!

That oon syde is, that I of tell,

Popes, cardinals, and prelates,

Parsons, monkes, and freres fell,

Priours, abbottes of grete estates;

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Of heven and hell they kepe the yates,