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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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XIV. (a) WHF come ye NAT TO COURTE ? 1 39Juges <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> kynges lawes,He countys <strong>the</strong>m foles and dawesSergyantes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> coyfe eke,He sayth <strong>the</strong>y are <strong>to</strong> sekeIn pletynge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>yr case 315At <strong>the</strong> Commune Place,Or at <strong>the</strong> Kynges BencheHe wryngeth <strong>the</strong>m such a wrenchcjThat all our lerned menDare nat set <strong>the</strong>yr penne 320To plete a trew tryallWithin Westmynster hallIn <strong>the</strong> Chauncery where he syttes,But suche as he admyttes.None so hardy <strong>to</strong> speke 325He sayth, thou huddypeke,'Thy lernynge is <strong>to</strong> lewde.Thy <strong>to</strong>nge is nat well <strong>the</strong>vvde.To seke before our grace ;'And openly in that place 330He rages and he raues,And cals <strong>the</strong>m cankerd knauesThus royally he do<strong>the</strong> dealeVnder <strong>the</strong> kynges brode scaleAnd in <strong>the</strong> Checker he <strong>the</strong>m cheks 335In <strong>the</strong> Ster Chambre he noddis and beks,And bereth him <strong>the</strong>re so s<strong>to</strong>wte,That no man dare rowte,Duke, erle, baron, nor lorde,But <strong>to</strong> his sentence must accorde 340Whe<strong>the</strong>r he be knyght or squyre,All men must folow his desyre.What say ye <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Scottysh kynge ?

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