And wissed hym bettre,

"Or thow shalt abigge by the lawe,

By the ordre that I bere!"

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"I was noght wont to werche," quod Wastour,

"And now wol I noght bigynne;"

And leet light of the lawe,

And lasse of the knyghte;

And sette Piers at a pese,

And his plowgh bothe;