48.

They fyrst accusde the king as authour of their greife,

And then the bishop Moreton, and sir Reinold Bray:

For they then were about the king most cheife,

Because they thought the whole[1820] fault in them lay:

They dyd protest to rid them out of the way:

Such thanke haue they that rule aboue a prince,

They beare the blame of other[1821] men’s offence.

49.

When I perceiude the commons in a roare,