Of Clerk, of knyght, of man of lawe;
Undir his hond al is forth drawe[1795] 3060
The marchant and the laborer;
So stant it al in his power
Or forto spille or forto save.[1796]
Bot though that he such power have,
And that his myghtes ben so large,
He hath hem nought withouten charge,[1797]
To which that every kyng ys swore:
So were it good that he ther fore