hit no þynge besemethe / þerfore to suche semble ye se /
¶ Also þe abbote of Westmynstere, þe hiest of þis lande /
The abbot of tynterne[270] þe poorest, y vndirstande,
þey ar boþe abbotes of name, & not lyke of fame to fande;
ȝet Tynterne with Westmynster shalle nowþer sitte ne stande.
¶ Also þe Pryoure of Caunturbury,[271] a cheff churche of dignyte,
And þe prioure of Dudley,[272] no þynge so digne as he:—
ȝet may not þe prioure of dudley, symple of degre,
Sitte with þe prioure of Caunturbury: þer is why, a dyuersite.
¶ And remembre euermore / añ rule þer is generalle: