Howe p••pe Boneface the viii was take by the lyna¦ge de Columpnys / ete his hondys and dyde in prison
AMonge these wofull princys thre
Which shewyd theym so vggly of their chere
Pope boneface by great aduersite
The viii of that name gan to approch nere
A thousande iii C accompted was the yere
Fro cristys birth by computacion
Whan that he made his lamentacion
This same pope caught occasion
Which vndre petre kept gouernaunce
To Interdirte all the region
Tyme of kinge philip regnynge tho in fraunce
Dirrct bulles doun into constaunce
To Nycolas made by boneface
Archid••acon of the same place
Of holy church the prelates nygh echon
Busshoppys of fraunce felly haue declared
Preuynge by poyntes many mo than one
In a great synne pleynly and nat spared
By him the church was hurte and nat repared
Put on him crymes of great mysgouernaunce
Denouncynge enmye to all the londe of fraunce
Put on him many great outrage
Wrongly howe he had done offence
To a Cardynall born of the lynage
De Columpny•• a kynrede of reuerence
For which cause he kept him absence
Out of the court drough where he was born
By which occasion the pope his lyf hath lorn
De Columpnys the lynage hath so wrought
Toke Bonyface for his olde cruelte
With great force and power they haue him brought
Vnto a castell which stode in the cite
Called sancti angeli gaue auctorite
To a Cardynall and by commyssion
Power to do full execucion
Of these maters hangynge in balaunce
Atwene partyes were it right or wronge
Both of romayns and prelates eke of fraunce
The pope ay kept within the castell stronge
Of auenture abydynge there nat longe
Fyll in a flixe and afterwarde for nede
For hunger ete his handys as I rede
Houre of his dyenge it is made mencion
Aboute the castell was merueylous lightnynge
Where the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 lay fettred in prison
None such aforn was ••eyn in their lyuynge
And while Bochas was besy in writinge
To write the fall of this bonyface
The ordre of templers cam tofore his face