Whan choyse of bishoppes is in dispeyr,
To chosen hem in dyvers place;
A lord shall write to him for grace,
For his clerke †pray anon he shall;
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So shall he spede[n] his purchas;
And all such falsë, foule hem fall!
Though he †conne no more good,
A lordes prayer shal be sped;
Though he be wild of will or wood,