Why Lollards are Bad: A Lyric

For those looking at the relationship between the Lollards and the Church, here is a lyric that comments directly on how the Lollards are the root of evil and how they should never be appointed to positions of power. The lyric, called "Lo, He That Can Be Cristes Clerc," lists the concerns held about the Lollard beliefs, mainly that the King and his knights should not be exposed to such ideas, as it "is unkyndly for a knight / that shuld a kynges castel keep, / To babel the Bibel day and night, / In restyng tyme when he shuld slepe." The lyric goes on to highlight the differences between the Lollards and the Church, and explains the differences in terms of rulers and knighthood, and could be directly compared to some of our discussion on the N-Town plays.

http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/dean-medieval-english-political-writings-lo-he-that-can-be-christes-clerc