Than borel folk, although that thay ben kinges,
We lyve in povert and in abstinence,
And borel folk in riches and dispence.
The hoste says (l. 15440)—
Religioun hath take up al the corn
Of tredyng, and we burel men ben schrympes.
Borel folk and borel men evidently mean laymen
burgage (A.N.) [48], lands or tenements in towns, held by a particular tenure
burgeise (A.S.) burgess, inhabitant of a borough
burghe (A.S.) [135], burgh, town