And hath no contricion er he come to shrifte,

And thanne kan he litel telle,

But as his lores-man lereth hym

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Bileveth and troweth;

And that is after person or parissh preest,

The whiche ben peraventure

Unkonnynge to lere lewed men,

As Luc bereth witnesse:

[Dum cæcus ducit cæcum, etc.]