And telle hem an hondred japes more.
Than peyne I me to strecche forth my necke,
As doth a dowfe syttyng on a berne;
Myn hondes and my tonge goon so yerne
That it is joye to se my businesse.
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I preche no thyng but for coveityse.
Therfor my teem is yit, and ever was,
Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas