Meny sondry sorwes In cyté fallen ofte, Bothe thorw fyur and flod, And al for false puple, That bygylen good men, And greveth hem wrongliche, The wiche cryen on hure knees That Christ hem avenge Here on this erthe, Other elles on helle, That so bygyleth hem of here good, And God on hem sendeth Feveres, other fouler hyveles, Other fur on here houses, Moreyne, other meschaunce. And menye tyme hit falleth, That innocence ys y-herde In hevene amonge seyntes, That louten for hem to oure Lorde, And to oure Lady bothe, To granten gylours on erthe Grace to amende, And have here penaunce on pure erthe, And noght in the pyne of helle. And thenne falleth the fur On false menne houses, And good men for here gultes Gloweth on fuyr after. Al thys have we seyen, That some tyme thorw a brewere Many burgages y-brent, And bodyes therynne, And thorw a candel cloming In a cursed place, Fel a-don and for-brende Forth al the rewe, For-thy mayres that maken free-men, Me thynken that thei ouhten For to spure and aspye, For eny speche of selver, What manere mester Of merchaundise he usede, Er he were underfonge free And felawe in youre rolles. Hit ys nought semly, for soth, In cyté ne in borw-ton, That usurers other regratours For eny kynne geftes, Be fraunchised for a free-man, And have fals name. 1548. Job, xv, 34. 1611. _Youre fader she felled._ An allusion to the deposition and death of Edward II. 1652. Provisors were people who obtained from the pope the reversion of ecclesiastical dignities, and several severe statutes were made against them, one well-known one by Edward III. 1674. _Love-daies._ See further on, the note on l. 5634. 1735. _In Normandie._ 1750. _To Caleis._ Allusions, no doubt, to recent events in the wars of Edward III. See the Introduction. 1769. _Caytiflyche thow, Conscience, | Consailedist the kyng leten | In hus enemys honde | Ys heritage of Fraunce._ Whit. 1827. Psalm xiv, 1. 1835. Ps. xiv, 2. 1845. Ps. xiv, 5. 1862. Psalm xxv, 10. 1875. Matth. vi, 5. 1885. _Regum._ The reference is to 1 Sam. xv, which in the old Vulgate was called _primus liber regum_. 1985, 2019. Isaiah ii, 4. 2043. Prov. xxii, 9. Victoriam et honorem acquiret qui dat munera; animam autem aufert accipientium. 2099. _lernest._ Whitaker's text has _ledest_. 2149. Psalm xiii, 3. The quotation which follows is from the same verse. 2171. _his sone._ The Black Prince, who was a great favourite with the people. 2175-2186. The variation in Whitaker's text deserves notice. This passage there stands as follows:--