That they wrought muckle woe.

None rich durst travel to and fro,

Though ne’r so strongly arm’d,

But by these thieves (so strong in show)

They still were rob’d and harm’d.

His chiefest spight to th’ clergy was,

That liv’d in monstrous pride :

No one of them he would let pass

Along the highway side,

But first they must to dinner go,