So was Caym conceyved,

And so ben cursed wrettches

That lycame han ayen the lawe

That oure Lord ordeynede.

[5433]. Gen. vi, 7. pænitet enim me fecisse eos.

[5464]. Ezech. xviii, 20.

[5470]. Whitaker's text adds here:—

Westminster lawe, ich wot,

Worcheth the contrarie;

For thauh the fader be a frankelayne,