It is,’ said thay, ‘mony one houndreth yeir
Sen Chaistitie had ony entres[190] heir.’
“Tyrit for travell, scho to the preistis past,
And to the rewlaris of religioun.
Of hir presens schortlye thay war agast,
Sayand thay thocht it bot abusioun
Hir to resave: so, with conclusion,
With one avyce[191] decretit and gave dome
Thay walde resset no rebell out of Rome.
“‘Sulde we resave that Romanis hes refusit,