English Dictionary

[H]ow great, and howe ydle a companye ys theyr of pryſtes, and relygyous men, as they call them? put there to all ryche men, ſpeciallye all landed men, whyche commonly be called gentylmen, and noble men. Take into this numbre alſo their ſeruauntes. I meane all that flocke of ſtout bragging ruſſhe bucklers. Joyne to them alſo ſturdy and valiaunt beggers, clokinge their idle leffe vnder the colour of ſome diſeaſe or ſickenes.