The Simonie.
Whii werre and wrake in londe and manslauht is i-come,
Whii hungger and derthe on eorthe the pore hath undernome,
Whii bestes ben thus storve, whii corn hath ben so dere,
Glossary.—1. werre and wrake, war and mischief.—2. undernome, undertaken, seized upon.—3. storve, starved, perished.
Ȝe that wolen abide, listneth and ȝe muwen here
the skile.
I nelle liȝen for no man, herkne who so wile.
God greteth wel the clergie, and seith theih don amis,