That thei hem after ne repente:

And axeth hem this questioun,

To what final conclusioun

Thei wolde regne Kinges there,

If that no poeple in londe were;

And seith, it were a wonder wierde

To sen a king become an hierde, 1820

Wher no lif is bot only beste

Under the liegance of his heste;

For who that is of man no king,