Er he were underfonge free

And felawe in youre rolles.

Hit ys nought semly, for soth,

In cyté ne in borw-ton,

That usurers other regratours

For eny kynne geftes,

Be fraunchised for a free-man,

And have fals name.

[1548]. Job, xv, 34.

[1611]. Youre fader she felled. An allusion to the deposition and death of Edward II.