Yaf ferst the lawe, and to Gregois
Foroneüs hath thilke vois,[1197] 3060
And Romulus to the Romeins.
For suche men that ben vileins
The lawe in such a wise ordeigneth,[1198]
That what man to the lawe pleigneth,
[Kings must keep the Laws.]
Be so the jugge stonde upriht,
He schal be served of his riht.
And so ferforth it is befalle