This tirannye cam to mouthe,

And every man seith what he couthe,

So that the prive tricherie,

Which set was upon lecherie,

Cam openly to mannes Ere;

And that broghte in the comun feere, 5290

That every man the peril dradde

Of him that so hem overladde.

Forthi, er that it worse falle,[1436]

Thurgh comun conseil of hem alle