Omnis debet clericus habere concubinam;
Hoc dixit qui coronam gerit auro trinam:
Hanc igitur retinere decet disciplinam.
The general belief in the legality of the connection is shown by the remark of another—
Surgens unus presbyter turba de totali ...
“Unam” dixit “teneo amore legali,
Quam nolo dimittere pro lege tali.”
Another expects to escape by paying his “cullagium”—
Duodecimus clamat magno cum clamore:
“Non me pontifex terret minis et pavore: