And that was whan the world was woxe
Of man, of hors, of Schep, of Oxe, 10
And that men knewen the moneie.
Tho wente pes out of the weie
And werre cam on every side,
Which alle love leide aside
P. ii. 128
And of comun his propre made,
So that in stede of schovele and spade
The scharpe swerd was take on honde;