The nede tho was overrunne,[1463] 100
For ther was poeple ynouh in londe:
Thanne ate ferste it cam to honde,
That Sosterhode of mariage
Was torned into cousinage,
So that after the rihte lyne
The Cousin weddeth the cousine.
P. iii. 279
For Habraham, er that he deide,
This charge upon his servant leide,