Thirteen-eighty’s Poll taxation
Puts equal tax on all the nation;
Lays seven thousand peasants dead;
Wat Tyler and Jack Straw at head.
Præmunire
Præmunire Act is passed
To check the Papal Bulls at last.
Chaucer
Chaucer the Poet this same year
Makes Pilgrimage to Becket’s bier.
Age of Chivalry
This was the age, aye verily,
Of ryghte goode noble chivalry,
When Knights went forth through storm and stress
To rescue beauty in distress.
Or sallied out in valiant way
A monster dragon for to slay,
Or with lance or trusty blade
Defend from harm the hapless maid.