First, holy chirche is in her-self devyded;
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Which oughte, of reson, first to be redressed;
But yet so high a cause is nat decyded.
And thus, whan humble pacience is pryded,
The remenaunt, which that they shulde reule,
No wonder is, though it stande out of reule.
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Of that the heed is syk, the limmes aken;
These regnes, that to Cristes pees belongen,