English poem
Were Christ on earth here, eftsoone
by William Langland (1332–1386)
"Were Christ on earth here, eftsoone These would damne him to die: All his hestes they han for-done, And saine his sawes ben heresie: And ayenst his commaundements they crie, And damne all his to be brende; For it liketh not hem such losengerie, God almighty hem amend!"