[71] Statutes of the realm, Londres, 1810, fol., t. I, p. 246.

[72]

«An haywarde and an heremyte, the hangeman of tyborne,

Dauwe the dykere with a dosen harlotes

Of portours and of pyke-porses, and pylede toth-drawers.

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Ther was lauhyng and lakeryng, and 'let go the coppe!»

Bargeynes and beuereges by-gunne to aryse,

And setyn so til evesong rang.»

The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman, édition Skeat, Londres (Early english text society), 1873, 8o; texte C, passus VII, vers 361 et suivants.