To sette a lawe and kepe it noght

Ther is no comun profit soght;

Bot above alle natheles

The lawe, which is mad for pes, 2830

P. iii. 181

Is good to kepe for the beste,

For that set alle men in reste.

[The Emperor Conrad.]

The rihtful Emperour Conrade

Hic narrat de iusticia nuper Conradi Imperatoris, cuius tempore alicuius reuerencia persone, aliqua seu precum interuencione quacunque vel auri redempcione, legum Statuta commutari seu redimi nullatenus potuerunt.