CHAUCER’S PROPHECY. <1>

WHEN priestes *failen in their saws,* *come short of their

And lordes turne Godde’s laws profession*

Against the right;

And lechery is holden as *privy solace,* *secret delight*

And robbery as free purchase,

Beware then of ill!

Then shall the Land of Albion

Turne to confusion,

As sometime it befell.

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