A N T I Q_U 1 T I E S 
" And: but if his knave kneel, that lliall; his- cope bring, 
He loureth at him, and aiketh him who taught him. curtelie, 
" Little had lords to done, to give lands from, her heirs, 
" To religious that have no. ruth if it rain on her altars. 
In many places, ther they perfons be, by hirafelf at eafc'i 
Of the poor have they no pity, and that is her charitie; 
" And they letten hem as lords, her lands lie fo broad. 
*' And there Jloal come a king % and confefs you religious ; 
And beate you, as the bible telleth, for breaking your n]le, 
" And amend monials, and monks, and chanons. 
And put hem to her penaunce ad prijtimm fiatum. ire,*'' 
' F. 1. a. " This prediSion, although a probable conclufion concerjiing.a kingrwlio 
after a thiie would fupprefs the religious houfes, is remarkable. I imagined it might 
" have been foifted into the copies in the reign of king He>2ry VIII. but it is to be found. 
" in MSS. of this poem, older than the year 1400." fol. 1. a. b. 
'* Again, where he, Piers Ploivman, alludes to the Knights I'tmplMS, lately, fup- 
prefled, he fays 
'* — — — — Men of holie kirk 
** Shall turn as Templars did j the tpie apfroacheth a^;v." 
This, I fuppofe, was a favourite doflrine in WicMiffis difcourfes." 
Warton-s Hi/. ofEugliJ} Poetry, Vol. I, p. zSj, 
LETTER. 
