To make pes, acord and unite
Among the kinges that ben now devised,
Yit natheles the lawe stant assised
Of mannys wit to be so resonable,
Withoute that to stonde hemselve stable.[1953]
Of holy chirche we ben children alle,
And every child is holden forto bowe 240
Unto the modir, how that evere it falle,[1954]
Or elles he mot reson desalowe:
And for that cause a knyght schal ferst avowe