DILIGENCE.
It is thair law, all that thay have in use,
Thocht it be cow, sow, ganer[482], gryse[483], or guse.
PAUPER.
Sir, I wald speir[484] at yow ane questioun.
Behauld sum prelats of this regioun—
[Here the Puir Man recites further legalised oppressions by the priesthood, but is interrupted.]
DILIGENCE.
Hald thy toung, man, it seims that thou war mangit.[485]
Speik thou of preists but[486] doubt thou will be hangit.