14-15 mennes howsis . 14 persen . Utley sees in this line evidence of the poet's Lollard sympathies, for the Second Version of the Lollard Bible translates II Tim. 16 mydday develis . No doubt Chaucer and our poet refer to a current jest identifying the demon of the litany with the friars.
Antifraternal writers represent the friars as falsely humble and zealous in pursuit of money.