“Ther sitteth somenours syexe other sevene
Mysmotinde men alle by here evene,
Ant recheth forth heore rolle;
Hyrd-men hem hatieth, ant uch mones hyne,
For everuch a parosshe heo polketh in pyne,
Ant clastreth with heore colle.”
The next specimen, from a song on the venality of judges, shows how Latin was adapted to modern versification:—
“Sunt justitiarii,
Quos favor et denarii