Yt is wrytten in Cristes recordes,
That Dives laye in the fyere
With Belsabub his sire,
And Pauper he above satte
In the seate of Habrahams lappe,
And was taken from thys Troye,
To lyve allwaye with God in ioye.
The[390] comons thus do saye,
Yf thei had yt, thei wold paye:
Vox populi, vox Dei;