byshopppes

Updated: February 28, 2026

"Thyse byshopppes and thyse archebyshoppes, Ye shall them bete and bynde," the people applauded resistance to the extortion of the church. In Robin's defiance of the law and its officers, they applauded resistance to the tyranny of the higher classes.

Bayard Tuckerman - A History of English Prose Fiction