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6565 With ther ppre hondis they wrought,
6566 And with travel, and ellis nought,
6567 They wonnen all her sustenaunce,
6568 And lyveden forth in her penaunce,
6569 And the remenaunt yaf Awey
6570 To other pore folkis Alwey.
6571 They neither bilden tour ne halle,
6572 But they in houses smale with Alle.
6573 A myghty man, that can and may,
6574 Shulde with his honde and body Alway
6575 Winne hym his fode in laboring,
6576 If he ne have rent or sich a thing,
6577 Al though he be religious,
6578 And god to serven curious.
6579 Thus mote he done, or do trespas,
6580 But if it be in certeyn cas,
6581 That I can reherce, if myster be,
6582 Right wel, whanne the tyme I se.
6583 '*eke the book of seynt Austyne,
6584 Be it in papir or perchemyne,
6585 There as he writ of these worchynges,
6586 Thou shalt seen that noon excusynges
6587 A parfit man ne shulde seke
6588 Bi wordis, ne bi dedis eke,
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