(Trinity College Dublin MS 516 fol. 115r)

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When lordes wille is londes law,     Prestes wylle trechery, and gyle hold soth saw, 1    Lechery callyd pryvé solace,     And robbery is hold no trespace -    Then schal the lond of Albyon torne into confusioun!     A M CCCC lx and on, few lordes or ellys noone.                                     Longe berde herteles,     Peyntede hoode wytles,     Gay cote graceles,     Maketh Engelond thrifles.

the law of the land     is called secret pleasure held to be no crime (see note) In 1461 [there are]; (see note)     i.e., An old man; (see note) foolish ill-mannered worthless