Which Crist upon this Erthe tawhte.
Now mai men se moerdre and manslawhte[1074]
Lich as it was be daies olde,
Whan men the Sennes boghte and solde.
Facilitas venie occasionem prebet delinquendi.
In Grece afore Cristes feith,
I rede, as the Cronique seith,
P. i. 365
Touchende of this matiere thus,
In thilke time hou Peleüs 2550