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7019 We wole ordeyne of al thing,
7020 Of folkis good, and her lyvyng.
7021 'Iff ther be castel or citee
7022 Wherynne that ony begger be,
7023 Although that they of Milayne were,
7024 ffor therof ben they blamed there:
7025 Or if a wight, out of mesure,
7026 Wolde lene his gold, and take usure,
7027 ffor that he is so coveitous:
7028 Or if he be to leccherous,
7029 Or these that haunte symonye;
7030 Or provost, full of trecherie,
7031 Or prelat, lyvyng iolily,
7032 Or prest that halt his quene hym by;
7033 Or olde horis hostilers,
7034 Or other bawdes or bordillers,
7035 Or ell blamed of ony vice, (written in margin)
7036 Of whiche men shulden doon Iustice:
7037 Bi all the seyntes that me pray,
7038 But they defende them with lamprey,
7039 With luce, with elys, with samons,
7040 With tendre gees, and with capons,
7041 With tartes, or with chessis fat,
7042 With deynte flawns, brode and flat,
7043 With caleweys, or with pullaylle,
7044 With conynges, or with fyne vitaille,
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