"Whilom there was dwellyng in my countre, An erchedeken, a man of great degre, That boldely did execucioun, In punyschyng of fornicacioun, Of wicchecraft, and eek of bauderye, Of diffamacioun, and avoutrie, Of chirche—reves, and of testamentes, Of contractus, and of lak of sacraments, And eek of many another maner cryme, Which needith not to reherse at this tyme."