Hii weren sockes in here shon, and felted botes above;

He hath forsake for Godes love bothe hunger and cold;

But if he have hod and cappe fured, he nis noht i-told

in covent;

Ac certes wlaunknesse of wele hem hath al ablent. 150

Religioun was first founded duresce for to drie;

And nu is the moste del i-went to eise and glotonie.

Where shal men nu finde fattere or raddere of leres?

Or betre farende folk than monekes, chanons, and freres?

In uch toun