Can soffre his oghne astat in helthe;

And that was on the Lombardz sene,

Such comun strif was hem betwene 790

Thurgh coveitise and thurgh Envie,

That every man drowh his partie,

Which myhte leden eny route,

Withinne Burgh and ek withoute:

The comun ryht hath no felawe,

So that the governance of lawe

Was lost, and for necessite,