But, if any man these misqueme,
He shal be baited as a bere;
And yet wel wors they woll him tere,
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And in prisón woll hem [be] pend
In gyves, and in other gere;
Whan god woll, it may [a]mend.
The king taxeth nat his men
But by assent of the comminaltè;
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