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For whoso spareth the spring [switch] spilleth his children.

— William Langland

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For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,
It is in cloistre or in scole.

Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.

In preieres and penaunce putten hem manye,
Al for the love of Oure Lord lyveden ful streyte
In hope to have heveneriche blisse

And governeth alle goode virtues.

A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene –
Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche,
Werchynge and wandrynge as the world asketh.

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