It is rank corruption, master friar." "Why are laws made ?" said the friar.

"For the profit of somebody.

Of whom?
Of him who makes them first, and of others as it may happen.

Was not I legislator in the last article, and shall I not thrive by my own law ?" "Well then, sweet Mawd," said the baron, "I must leave you, Mawd: your life is very well for the young and the hearty, but it squares not with my age or my humour.

I must house, Mawd.