...ascertained not to have been the case.] Ac novr is Religion a rider, a reamer about, A lender of lovcdaya,3 d true generous breeding, that flattery and courtshift»,...tyrannous aphorisms, appear to them the highest p And but if his knave* kneel that shall his cope bring, He loured on him, and aakcth him who taught...

...not to have been the соне.] Ac now is Religion a rider, a roamer about, A leader of lovedays,3 h sides I do take My blood from them who did excel...Think nature me a roan of arms did make. How far th And but if hie knave4 kneel that shall his cope bring, He loured on him, and asketh him who taught...

...been the cane.] Ac now is Religion a rider, a roamcr about, A leader of lovedays,3 and a lond-buver, ގ h4 P4 84 And but if his knave1* kneel that shall his cope bring, He loured on him, and asketh him who taught...

...seems curious. As now is Religion a rider, a roamer about, A leader of love-days, and a loud-buyer, A pricker on a palfrey from manor to manor ; An heap of hounds (behind him) as he a lord were : And but of his knave heel that shall his cope bring, He loured on him, and asketh him who taught...

...has nothing but denunNow is Religion a rider, A roamer about, A leader of love-days And a land-buyer, A pricker on a palfrey From manor to manor, An heap of hounds at his tail As he a lord were. It was this indignation mainly which drove men of Langland's generation...

...And now is religion a rider, a roainer by the street^ A leader of lovedays,* and a loude 3 beggar, A pricker on a palfrey from manor to manor, An heap of houndes at his arse as he a lord were.* And if but his knave kneel, that shall his cope bring, He loured...

...cure of Llantrisant, in those sunny days for priests, might go about, as Piers Plowman has it, — " A pricker on a palfrey from manor to manor, An heap of hounds [behind him] an he a lord were ; " or as Chaucer says, — " When he rode men might his bridle heare Gingling in...

...curé of Llantrisant, in those sunny days for priests, might go about, as Piers Plowman has it, — " A pricker on a palfrey from manor to manor, An heap of hounds [behind him] an he a lord were ; " or as Chaucer says, — " When he rode men might his bridle heare Gingling in...

...Reformation (spelling simplified) : Ac now is Religion a rider, a roamer about, A leader of lovedays, hambers : And but if his knave kneel that shall his cope bring, He loured on him, and asketh him who taught...

...days — "And now is religion a rider, a roamer by streets ; A leader of love-days, and a laud-buyer ; A pricker on a palfrey from manor to manor ; An heap of honndes at his ears, as he a lord were. And but if his knave knele that shal his cap bringe, He loureth"...