"For-thi love we as leve bretheren, And ech man laughe of oother; And of that ech man may forbere Amende there it nedeth; And every man helpe oother, For hennes shul we alle. 6980 _Alter alterius onera portate._ "And be we noght un-kynde of oure catel, = Ne of oure konnyng neither. For woot no man how neigh it is To ben y-nome fro bothe. For-thi lakke no lif oother, Though he moore Latyn knowe; Ne under-nyme noght foule; For is noon withoute defaute. 6990 For what evere clerkes carpe Of cristendom or ellis, Crist to a commune womman seide, In commune at a feste, {215} That _fides sua_ sholde saven hire, And salven hire of synnes. "Thanne is bileve a lele help, Above logyk or lawe. Of logyk or of lawe In _Legenda Sanctorum_ 7000 Is litel alowaunce maad, But if bileve hem helpe. For it is over longe er logyk Any lesson assoille; And lawe is looth to lovye, But if he lacche silver. Bothe logyk and lawe, That loveth noght to lye, I conseille alle cristene Clyve noght theron to soore; 7010 For some wordes I fynde writen, That were of feithes techyng, That saved synful men, As seint Johan bereth witnesse. _Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis._ "For-thi lerne we the lawe of love, As oure Lord taughte, And as seint Gregorie seide For mannes soule helthe: 7020 _Melius est scrutari scelera nostra, quam naturas rerum._ "Why I meve this matere, Is moost for the povere; For in hir liknesse oure Lord Ofte hath ben y-knowe. Witnesse in the Pask wyke Whan he yede to Emaüs; {216} Cleophas ne knew hym noght That he Crist were, 7030 For his povere apparaille, And pilgrymes wedes, Til he blessede and brak The breed that thei eten; So bi hise werkes thei wisten That he was Jhesus, Ac by clothyng thei knewe hym noght, Ne by carpynge of tunge. And al was in ensample To us synfulle here, 7040 That we sholde be lowe And loveliche of speche, And apparaille us noght over proudly, For pilgrymes are we alle. "And in the apparaille of a povere man, And pilgrymes liknesse, Many tyme God hath ben met Among nedy peple, Ther nevere segge hym seigh In secte of the riche. 7050 "Seint Johan and othere seintes Were seyen in poore clothyng, And as povere pilgrymes Preyed mennes goodes. "Jhesu Crist on a Jewes doghter lighte, Gentil womman though she were, Was a pure povere maide, And to a povere man y-wedded.