For it is an vnresonable religioun þat hath riȝte nouȝte of certeyne.' 145
And þanne gan a Wastoure to wrath hym, and wolde haue yfouȝte,
And to Pieres þe plowman he profered his gloue;
A Brytonere, a braggere, abosted Pieres als:—
'Wiltow or neltow, we wil haue owre wille
Of þi flowre and of þi flessche, fecche whan vs liketh, 150
And make vs myrie þermyde, maugré þi chekes!'
Thanne Pieres þe plowman pleyned hym to þe knyȝte,
To kepe hym, as couenaunte was, fram cursed shrewes,
And fro þis wastoures wolues-kynnes, þat maketh þe worlde dere: