Note 28 — FLECHIER'S CHRONICLE OF CLERMONT ASSIZES.[23]
Reading edition
In plain good French, Each gentleman From morn till night Doth swell his rents, And multiply his gain. Observes no faith, Takes field and hay, The farmer's grass and grain; Then plays the steward With his pease and pork, And cudgels all at leisure; And like a king, with crown on head, Proclaims it his good pleasure.