And freres of the Carme, and of Seint Austin,
That wolde preche more for a busshel of whete,
Than for to bringe a soule from helle out of the hete
to rest.
And thus is coveytise loverd bothe est and west.
If a pore man come to a frere for to aske shrifte,
And ther come a ricchere and bringe him a ȝifte; 170
He shal into the freitur and ben i-mad ful glad;
And that other stant theroute, as a man that were mad
in sorwe;