For every man hise oghne werkes
Schal bere, and thus as of the clerkes
The goode men ben to comende,
And alle these othre god amende:
For thei ben to the worldes ÿe[136]
The Mirour of ensamplerie,
To reulen and to taken hiede
Betwen the men and the godhiede.
[The Commons.]
iv. Vulgaris populus regali lege subactus