So these be flowe up in dispayr,

And shenden sely soules eke.

The soules that ben in sinnes seke,

He culleth hem; knele therfore, alas!

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For brybry goddes forbode breke,

God amende it, for his grace!

The hinder part is a lyoun,

A robber and a ravinere,

That robbeth the people in erth a-down,