I wot non eysiere lyf than is religioun.
Religioun wot red I uch day what he shal don?
He ne carez noht to muche for his mete at non;
For hous-hire ne for clothes he ne carez noht;
Glossary.—140. to sielde i-sein, too seldom seen.—141. meyné (maisné, Fr.), household, people. erliche, early.—145. ure, our.—146. Hii weren, they wear. shon, shoes. botes, boots.—148. But if, unless. hod, hood. fured, furred. he nis noht i-told, he is not reckoned, or esteemed.—150. wlaunknesse, pride. wele, weal. ablent, blinded.—151. duresce, hardness. drie, bear, suffer.—152. nu, now. moste del, greatest part.—153. raddere of leres, redder of complexion.—155. uch, each.—156. wot, know. eysiere, more easy.
But whan he cometh to the mete, he maketh his mawe touht 160
off the beste;
And anon therafter he fondeth to kacche reste.
And ȝit ther is another ordre, Menour and Jacobin,