to have maintayned that was begonne by worldly catel; in dignitè,
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honour and reverence of hem that wern underput by maistry
therby to obeye. In renomè, glorie of peoples praising, after
lustes in their hert, without hede-taking to qualitè and maner of
doing; and in power, by trouth of lordships mayntenaunce, thing
to procede forth in doing. In al whiche thinges a longe tyme
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mannes coveytise in commune hath ben greetly grounded, to come
to the blisse of my service; but trewly, they were begyled, and for