And saine his sawes ben heresie:
And ayenst his commaundements they crie,
And damne all his to be brende;
For it liketh not hem such losengerie,
God almighty hem amend!"
In another passage, the writer of this poem alludes to the Creed of Piers Ploughman as though he were the author of it, and as a piece then known to everybody.
"And all such other counterfaitours,
Chanons, canons, and such disguised,
Been Gods enemies and traitours,
His true religion han foule despised.