Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

I. PERES THE PLOUGHMANS CREDE. 9But \>ei ben fully fei|)les • and'A!J^e fend sue]>.'bro}>er/ qua]? he |>o • ' beware of j?o foles !455For Crist seyde him-selfe • " of swiche y 50U warne,"& false profetes in |)e feij? * he fulliche hem calde," /n vesiimentis ouium ' but onlie wijy-innepei ben wilde wer-wolues ' \>at wiln jje folk robben."pe fend founded hem first • ]?e feij? to destroie, 460And by his craft j)ei comen in • to combren ]>e chirche,By ]>e coueiteise of his craft • |>e curates to helpenBut now l^ey hauen an hold•]>ey harmen full many.•pei don noujt after domynick but drecche]? |je puple,Ne folwen nou^t fraunces but falslyche lybben, • 465And Austynes rewle • |)ei reknej? but a fable,But purchase}? hem pryuylege•of popes at Rome.pei coueten confessions to kachen some hire,*And sepultures also some wayten to cacchen • ;But o})er cures of cristen • ]?ei coueten nou^t to haue, 470But ]>ere as wynnynge lijj? he loke}) none * ojjer.'' •Whou5 schal y nemne ]>y name jjat nei^boures \>e kalle}) ?'Peres,' qua]? he, ' •j^e pore man j^e plowe-man y hatte.'!y pray )?e, |?ou me telle*A Peres,' qua)? y j?o • 'More of ]?ise tryflers hou trechurly • ]?ei libbej? ?475'For ichon of hem ha}? told me a tale of Ipat o]?er,Of her wicked lijf • in werlde J?^t hy lybbe)?.I trowe ]>at some wikked wy5t • wrou3te |?is ordersporu5 j?at gest • ]>at Golias is y-calde,ij^&UiOj?er ell[e]s satan him-self • sente hem fro hell 480To cumbren men wij? her craft ' cristendome to schenden !''Dere bro|?er,' qua|? peres • ' |?e devell is ful queynteTo encombren holy Chirche he • caste]? ful harde,& flurichej? his falsnes opon • fele wise,And fer he caste]? to-forn • ]?e folke to destroye. 485•Of ]?e kynrede of Caym he caste ]?e freres.