7673   What counceil wole ye to me yeven?'
7674   'Ryght heere anoon thou shalt be shryven,
7675   And sey thy synne withoute more;
7676   Of this shalt thou repent sore;
7677   ffor I am prest, and have pouste
7678   To shryve folk of most dignyte
7679   That ben, as wide as world may dure.
7680   Of all this world I have the cure,
7681   And that hadde never yit persoun,
7682   Ne vicarie of no maner toun.
7683   And, god wote, I have of thee
7684   A thosand tyme more pitee
7685   Than hath thi preest parochial,
7686   Though he thy freend be special.
7687   I have avauntage, in o wise,
7688   That youre prelatis ben not so wise
7689   Ne half so lettred as am I.
7690   I am licenced boldely
7691   To reden in divinite
7692   And longe have red
Explicit.