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: