In Englonde is his ryght,

And suffreth honger and colde,

And many a sory nyght.

90

‘It were grete pytë,’ said the pryoure,

‘So to haue his londe;

And ye be so lyght of your consyence,

Ye do to hym moch wronge.’

91

‘Thou arte euer in my berde,’ sayd the abbot,