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7045 That we, undir oure clothes wide,
7046 Maken thurgh oure golet glide:
7047 Or but we wole do come in haste
7048 Roo venysoun, bake in paste:
7049 Whether so that he loure or groyne,
7050 He shal have of a corde a loigne,
7051 With whiche men shal hym bynde and lede,
7052 To brenne hym for his synful deede,
7053 That men shull here hym crie and rore
7054 A myle wey aboute, and more.
7055 Or ellis he shal in prisoun dye,
7056 But if he wole his frendship bye,
7057 Or smerten that that he hath do,
7058 More than his gilt amounteth to.
7059 But, and he couthe thurgh his sleght
7060 Do maken up a tour of hight,
7061 Nought rought I whethir of stone or tree,
7062 Or erthe, or turves though it be,
7063 Though it were of no vounde stone,
7064 Wrought with squyre and scantilone,
7065 So that the tour were stuffed well
7066 With all richesse temporell;
7067 And thanne, that he wolde updresse
7068 Engyns, bothe more and lesse,
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