Then tell I them examples many a one, Of oldĂ« stories longĂ« timĂ« gone; For lewĂ«d 3535 people lovĂ« talĂ«s old; Such thingĂ«s can they well report and hold. What? trowĂ« ye, that whilĂ«s I may preach And winnĂ« gold and silver for 3536 I teach, That I will live in povert’ wilfully? Nay, nay, I thought it never truĂ«ly. For I will preach and beg in sundry lands; I will not do no labour with mine hands, Nor makĂ« baskets for to live thereby, Because I will not beggen idlely. I will none of the apostles counterfeit; 3537 I will have money, wool, and cheese, and wheat, All 3538 were it given of the poorest page, Or of the poorest widow in a villĂĄge: All

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