Atte ‘Cheker of the hope,’ that many a man doith knowe.”
Prologue to the “Tale of Beryn.” E.E.T.S., 1909, p. 1.
[150] Statutes for the City of London, 13 Ed. I, “Statutes of the Realm,” vol. i. p. 102, A.D. 1285.
[151] Articles of the View of Frankpledge, of probably 18 Ed. II, “Statutes,” vol. i. p. 246 (French text).
[152] Hugh the needle-seller.
[153] “Piers the Plowman,” Skeat’s edition, Text C, passus vii. ll. 364–370, 394.
“Par ces tavernes chacun jour,
Vous en trouveriez à séjour,
Beuvans là toute la journée