THE PRELATES.

And now is religion a rider, a roamer by the street,

A leader of lovëdays,[1] and a loudë[2] beggar,

A pricker on a palfrey from manor to manor,

An heap of houndës at his arse as he a lord were.

And if but his knave kneel, that shall his cope bring,

He loured on him, and asked who taught him courtesy.

[1] 'Lovëdays:' ladies.

[2] 'Loudë:' lewd.

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