Al shal ben i-beten out or Cristemesse-day.
And whan he hath i-gadered markes and poundes,
He priketh out of toune wid haukes and wid houndes
Into a straunge contré, and halt a wenche in cracche;
And wel is hire that first may swich a parsoun kacche
in londe.
And thus theih serven the chapele, and laten the churche stonde.
He taketh al that he may, and maketh the churche pore,
And leveth thare behinde a theef and an hore, 80
A serjaunt and a deie that leden a sory lif;