Meni of religioun me halt hem ful hene,
Baroun and bonde, the clerc and the knyht.
Thus wil walketh in loud, and wondred ys wene,
Falsshipe fatteth and marreth wyth myht.
Stont fulle ythe stude, and halt him ful sturne,
That maketh beggares go with bordon and bagges.
Thus we beth honted from hale to hurne;
That er werede robes, nou wereth ragges.
Ȝet cometh budeles, with ful muche bost,—
“Greythe me selver to the grene wax: