Contemplatyf lyf or actyf lyf, Cryst wolde men wrouȝte. 245
Þe Sauter seyth in þe psalme of Beati omnes,
Þe freke þat fedeth hymself with his feythful laboure,
He is blessed by þe boke, in body and in soule:—
Labores manuum tuarum, etc.'
'Ȝet I prey ȝow,' quod Pieres, 'par charité! and ȝe kunne 250
Eny leef of lechecraft, lere it me, my dere.
For somme of my seruauntȝ, and myself bothe,
Of al a wyke worche nouȝt, so owre wombe aketh.'
'I wote wel,' quod Hunger, 'what sykenesse ȝow eyleth;