And he ruled England with main and with
might,
For he did great wrong, and maintain'd little right.
And I'll tell you a story, a story so merry,
Concerning the Abbot of Canterbury;
How for his house-keeping and high renown,
They rode post for him to fair London town.
An hundred men, the king did hear say,
The abbot kept in his house every day;
And fifty gold chains, without any doubt,