And se the thinges that ben resonable,
And ther uppon he schal his wittes stable
Among the men to sette pes in evene,
For love of him which is the kyng of hevene.
Ha, wel is him that schedde nevere blod,[1934]
Bot if it were in cause of rihtwisnesse:
For if a kyng the peril undirstod, 150
What is to sle the poeple, thanne y gesse,
The dedly werres and the hevynesse,
Wherof the pes distourbid is ful ofte