Among whome, _Robert Veer_[140] calde duke of _Irelande_, With _Mighell Delapole of Suffolke_ newe made earle, Of _Yorke_ also the archbishop, dispacht were out of hande,[141] With _Brembre_ of _London_ a full vncurteous churle:[142] Some learned in the lawe in exile they did hurle: But I poore[144] _Tresilian_ (because I was the chiefe) Was dampned to the gallowes most vily as[145] a thiefe. 20. Lo the fine of falshood, [the] stipend of corruption, The fee of dowble fraude,[146] the fruites it doth procure: Yee judges vpon earth,[147] let our iuste punition[148] Teach you to shake off bribes, and kepe your handes pure:[149] Riches and promotion bee vayne thinges and vnsure, The fauour of a prince is an vntrusty staye, But iustice hath a fee that shall remayne alway. 21. What glory can bee greater before God[150] or man, Then by pathes of justice[151] in iudgement to proceede? So duely and so truely[152] the lawes alway[153] to skan,[154] That right may take his place without regarde[155] or meede: Set apart all flattery and vayne wordly dreede, Set[156] God before your eyes the iuste[157] judge supreme, Remembre well your reckoning at the day extreme. 22. Abandon all affray, bee soothfast in your sawes, Be constant, and carelesse of mortall men’s displeasure,[158] With eyes shut and handes close[159] you should pronounce the lawes: Esteeme not worldly goodes,[160] thinke there is a treasure More worth then golde [or stone] a thousand times in valure Reposed for all such as righteousnes ensue, Whereof you can not fayle, the promise made is true. 23. If judges in our dayes woulde ponder well in minde The fatall fall of vs, for wresting lawe and right, Such statutes as touche life should not bee thus definde, By sences constrayned against true meaning quite, As well they might affirme the blacke for to bee white: Wherefore wee wish they woulde our acte and end compare, And weying well the case, they will wee trust beware.[161] G. F.[162] ROGER MORTIMER.