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.