And ȝit ne haveth no man of him the more minde
ariht;
Unnethe is any man aferd of Godes muchele miht.
God hath ben wroth wid the world, and that is wel i-sene;
For al that whilom was murthe, is turned to treie and tene. 380
He sente us plenté i-nouh, suffre whiles we wolde,
Off alle manere sustenaunce grouwende upon molde
so thicke;
And evere aȝeines his godnesse we weren i-liche wicke.
Glossary.—367. gamen, game. ȝer and other, a year and an other, i. e. two years.—369. lered and lewed, learned and unlearned, clergy and laity.—370. nolde theih, they would not. stinten, desist. or, before. bishrewed, accursed.—373. shrewedom, cursedness.—374. for-laft, dismissed.—375. Thurw, through. wederes, weathers.—380. treie and tene, vexation and sorrow.—382. grouwende, growing. molde, earth.—384. i-liche wicke, equally wicked.