By this gaud 3521 have I wonnë year by year A hundred marks, since I was pardonére. I standë like a clerk in my pulpit, And when the lewëd 3522 people down is set, I preachë so as ye have heard before, And tellë them a hundred japës 3523 more. Then pain I me to stretchë forth my neck, And east and west upon the people I beck, As doth a dovë, sitting on a bern; 3524 My handës and my tonguë go so yern, 3525 That it is joy to see my business. Of avarice and of such cursedness 3526 Is all my preaching, for to make them free To give their pence, and namely 3527
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