Cons. Simony is not now in the spiritualty:
Bonus pastor ovium thereto will see;
Therefore methink this is a lie:
In holy church simony cannot abide.
Envy. He goeth in a cloak, he cannot be espied;
And coveteous so craftily doth provide
That bonus pastor ovium is blind, and will not see.
Cons. This that ye speak is upon Envy;
Therefore, I think ye be not Charity,
For Charity alway will say the best.
Envy. Amongst them can I have no rest.
Cons. How do ye with the temporalty?
Envy. There is pride, sloth, and lechery,
Which putteth me from that place.
Cons. Then be ye with the commonalty?
Envy. They despise me utterly.
One of them love not another;
The sister cannot love the brother;
Ne the child the father, ne mother: C1,r.
There I dare not show my face.
Cons. This is to me a strange case:
What hear ye by Conscience?
Envy. Spiritual and temporal set against him, marvellously;
Merchants, men of law, and artificers of every degree;
They will hang him and they him espy.
Such exclamation goeth through this realm, round.