To kepe pes such lawe made,

That non withinne the cite

In destorbance of unite

Dorste ones moeven a matiere.

For in his time, as thou myht hiere,

What point that was for lawe set

It scholde for no gold be let,[1176] 2840

To what persone that it were.

And this broghte in the comun fere,

Why every man the lawe dradde,