And they beare two crosses right longe,
Gapinge in every man’s face:
After them follow two lay-men secular,
And each of them holdinge a pillar
In their hondes, insteade of a mace.
Then followeth my lord on his mule
Trapped with gold, &c.
Dr. Wordsworth, misled by Anstis, has erroneously attributed this satire to Skelton, confounding it probably with that writer’s
“Why come ye not to court.”
See note at the end of the Life.