Or with a breetherede / to been withhooldeBut dwelte at hoom / and kepte wel his fooldeSo þᵗat the wolf ne maade it noght myscaryeHe was a sheepherde / and noght a MercenaryeAnd thogh he hooly weere / and vertuousHe was noght to synful men despitousNe of his speche / daungerous / ne digneBut in his techyng discreet and benygneTo drawen folk to heuene / wᵗith fairnesseBy good ensample / this was his bisynesseBut it weere / any ꝑpersone obstynaatWhat so he weere / of heigh / or lowe estaatHym wolde he snybben / sharply for the nonysA bettre preest I trowe ther nowher noon ysHe wayted / after no pompe / and reuerenceNe maked hym / a spyced conscienceBut Cristes loore / and hise Apostles twelueHe taughte / but first he folwed it hym selue¶ With hym ther was a Plowman / was his brootherPlowman.That hadde ylad of donge / ful many a FootherA trewe swynkere / and a good was heLyuynge in pees / and ꝑperfit chariteeGod loued he best with al his hoole herteAt alle tymes / thogh hym gamed / or smerteAnd thanne his Neighebore / right as hym selueHe wolde thresshe / and ther to / dyke and delueFor Cristes sake / with euery poure wightWith outen hyre / if it laye in his myghtHis tythes payde he / ful faire and welBothe of his ꝓpropre swynk and his catelIn a Tabard he rood / vp on a MereTher was also / a Reue / and a MillereA Somonour / and a Pardoner alsoA Maunciple / and my self ther weere namo¶ The Millere / was a stout carl / for the nonesMillere.Ful byg he was / of brawen / and eek of bonesThat proeued wel / for ouer al ther he camAt wrastlynge / he wolde haue alwey the RamHe was short shuldred / brood / a thikke knarreTher was no dore / that he noolde heue of harre