in remembraunceThe same henry for knightly suffisaunceWorthy for manhode rekene kinges allWith nyne worthy for to haue a stallTo holy church he was cheef diffensoureIn all such causis cristys chosen knightTo destroy heretikes he set all his laboureLouyd all vertues
and multiplieThis body must haue a soule of lifeTo quike the membres with goostly mocionsWhich shalbe made of folke contemplatifThe church cōmyttyd to their possessionsWhich by their holy conuersacionsAnd good exaumple shulde as sterrys shyneBy grace and vertue the people
haue no wrongeAnd trouth in iuges shewe oute his lightAnd forth in citees with loue he drawe a longeAnd holy church in vertue be made strongeAnd in his labour the plough ne feyne noughtThan by proporcion this ymage is well
ye princes dispose youre reasonsAfter youre merites to haue god merciableFor your demerites to fynde him vengeableAgeyne holy church take no quarelisBut aduertise in youre inwarde sightFor Balthasar dranke of tho vessellisStale fro the temple of very force and myghtHe
was nat disobeyedThe rich dyd right through euery londePore folk lyued by laboure of their hondeLordship that tyme auoyded mayntenaunceHoly church lyued in persitnesseKnighhode tho dayes for trouth whet his launceAnd fals extorcion had none interesseMarchauntes wynnynge cam all of
to leteAs I sayde the heretyk SergyusWith him of counsayle frowarde and contraryeFone to cure feith he and NostoryusFrom holy church greatly they gan varyeOn whos errours bochas list nat taryeMore to write of this machometeA nygromancian and a fals
and lyue in pouerte.AS he reherceth in his opynyonAnd therupon doth a grounde deuyseCause and rote of their diuysionToke originall of fals couetyseAnd ceriously he telleth here the guyseInto the church whan richesse broughtin prydeAll perfeccion anone was set asyde
sweteAll sobrenesse dyd his boundes leteSasnesse of fode left his old estateWith newe excesse gan wex delycatGoosly lyuynge in the church appalledCaused grekes withdrawe them in sentenceFrom the pope in petyrs place stallydAnd list to him do none obedyenceFals auarice
Charles in bochas as I redeCam to the pope to helpe in this nedeCharles that tyme was cheef protectoureTo holy church their pauys and diffenceWhich of hole herte and dyligent laboureWith Dediere by manly violenceHe met in Tuskye of knightly
moost vengeablySlough his sonne that called was herryThys fredryk ay benigne and contraryeTowarde his son nat gracious nor benygneFrom holy church vngoodly he gan varieAnd therageyn frowardly maligneAnd lyke a man obstynat and vndigneDyed a cursyd thrugh misgouernaunceWithout confession or
vrban required by wrytyngeTowarde rome that he shulde him dresseOf kinge manfroy the tyrannye to oppresseAgeyn the pope and holy church rightThis sayde manfroye dyd great extorcionNoble Charles as goddys owne knightCam with stronge hand vp to rome tounWhich in
sworne to chastyteOf the temple lyke to their desiresToke that name and called were Templeres Honorye gaue theym auctoryteOf holy church beynge that tyme hedeA white habyte they bare that tyme for chastyteEugenyus after gaue them a crosse of rdeAnd
suffred ye pe∣ple don̄ hir pylgrymage at Poū∣frete. & so he counceilled the kyng that he commaūded to closse the church dores of Poūfrete. in the which̄ chyrch̄ ye holy martyr seint thomas was entered / & thus thei dyden
ded¦ly synnes: & ayens ther worldly souereins: & wil entermete them of euery cause of that londe & of holy church: & termine eūy cause by ther wyt body & crop of ye tree shal falle / For it is
childe in prisō / and they haue no sad feith therin And though it be so as our moder holy church tellith vs tho∣ugh the childe bileue nat yt suche welfare be out of prisone / the wel¦fare is neuir