[Sidenote: [The 5^the Met{ur}.]]
++Who so wolde ben myȝty he mot dau{n}ten hys cruel corage. ne put[te]
nat his nekke ouercomen vndir þe foule reines of lecherie. for al be it
so þat þi lordship[e] strecche so fer þat þe contre Inde quakiþ at þi
comaundement. or at þi lawes. {and} þat þe leest isle in þe see þat hyȝt
tile be þral to þe ¶ ȝit yif þou mayst nat pute{n} awey þi foule derk[e]
desijres {and} dryue{n} oute fro þe wreched co{m}pleyntes. Certis it nis
no power þat þou hast.