QUOS VIDES SEDERE CELSOS. — Metrum 2
"Whoso that the coverturis of hir veyn apparailes myghte
strepen of thise proude kynges, that thow seest sitten an hye in
here chayeres, gliterynge in schynynge purpre, envyrowned with
sorwful armures, manasyng with cruel mowth, blowynge by woodnesse
of herte, he schulde seen thanne that thilke lordis berin
withynne hir corages ful streyte cheynes. For lecherye tormenteth
hem on that o side with gredy venymes; and trowblable ire, that
areyseth in hem the floodes of trowblynges, tormenteth upon that
othir side hir thought; or sorwe halt hem wery and icawght, or
slidynge and desceyvynge hope turmenteth hem. And therfore, syn
thow seest on heved (that is to seyn, O
tiraunt) beren so manye tyranyes, than ne doth thilke
tyraunt nat that he desireth, syn he is cast doun with so manye
wikkide lordes
(that is to seyn, with so manye vices
that han so
wikkidly lordschipes over hym).