If for my travayl any wold pay.
Pelican. He sayd, "yes; these that god han sold;
For they han [greet] store of money!"
Plowman. I sayd, "tell me, and thou may,
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Why tellest thou mennës trespace?"
Pelican. He said, "to amende hem, in good fay,
If god woll give me any grace.
For Christ him-selfe is lykned to me,
That for his people dyed on rode;