For[417] yf there be no remeadye
In tyme and that right shortlye,
Yt wyll breade to a pluresye,
Whiche is a greate innormytie
To all the kynges[418] comynaltye;
For there is no smale nombre
That[419] this faute dothe incombre:
Yt is a wordly wondre.[420]
The comons[421] thus do saye,
Yf thei had yt, thei wolde paye: