Against Gripsus the Griping Patrone

Against Gripsus the griping Patrone

E PIG . 269.

G RIPSUS the patrone hath his parson pluckt
For he a benefice had to bestow
On any one that would the halfe deduct:
Yet was the cure and his turne seruèd so
Thus patrones liuings giue, to liue thereby,
For thus with what they giue they lyuings buy
 So to the curat tis a malefice,
 But to the patron still a benefice.
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