human
Hadde noght Maudeleyne moore For a box of salve, {258} Than Zacheus for he seide _Dimidium bonorum meorum do pauperibus?_ = And the poore widewe For a peire of mytes, Than alle tho that offrede 8420 Into _gazophilacium_?
gpt
Me were levere, by oure Lord! And I lyve sholde, Have pacience perfitliche, Than half thi pak of bokes.
human
Thow shalt se the tyme Whan thow art wery of-walked, Wille me to counseille.
gpt
That is sooth, quod Conscience,
human
So me God helpe! If Pacience be oure partyng felawe, And pryvé with us bothe, Ther nys wo in this world 8440 That we ne sholde amende, And conformen kynges to pees, And alle kynnes londes; Sarsens and Surré, And so forth alle the Jewes, Turne into the trewe feith, And intil oon bileve.
gpt
That is sooth, quod Clergie, {259}
human
I se what thow menest; I shal dwelle as I do, 8450 My devoir to shewe, And confermen fauntekyns, And oother folk y-lered, Til Pacience have preved thee, And parfit thee maked.