"If it be sooth," quod Piers, "that ye seyn,
I shal it soone aspie.
Ye ben wastours, I woot wel,
And Truthe woot the sothe;
And I am his olde hyne,
And highte hym to warne,
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Whiche thei were in this world
Hise werkmen apeired.
Ye wasten that men wynnen