For it is bote-lees bale,
The byte that thei eten."
"And I shal preve," quod Pees,
"Hir peyne moot have ende,
And from wo into wele
Mowe wenden at the laste.
For hadde thei wist of no wo,
Wele hadde the noght knowen.
For no wight woot what wele is,
That nevere wo suffrede;