Canon IV.
When one his worldly strife hath ended,
Those who are lineally descended
From him, as to his claims and riches,
Shall stand, precisely, in his breeches.
Canon V.
When lineal descendants fail,
Collaterals the land may nail:
So that they be (and that a bore is)
De sanguine progenitores.
Canon VI.
The heir collateral, d’ye see,
Next kinsman of whole blood must be:
Canon VII.
And, of collaterals, the male
Stocks are preferred to the female;
Unless the land come from a woman,
And then her heirs shall yield to no man.