A prioure þat is a prelate of any churche Cathedralle,
above abbot or prioure with-in the diocise sitte he shalle,
In churche / in chapelle / in chambur / & in halle.
¶ Right so reuerend docturs, degre of xij. yere, þem ye must assigne
to sitte aboue hym / þat commensed hath but .ix.
and þaughe þe yonger may larger spend gold red & fyne,
ȝet shalle þe eldur sitte aboue / wheþur he drynke or dyne.
¶ like wise the aldremen, ȝef þey be eny where,
þe yongere shalle sitte or stande benethe þe elder riȝt þere;
and of euery crafft þe mastir aftur rule & manere,