[…] the men of St. John's were cunning practitioners, in shaking off their Masters and Heads.

And that the aforesaid Abbess and convent and their successors, and all tenants, residents, and non-residents, and other residents aforesaid, […] be quit through our entire realm of England of all pannage, lestage, […] and of treasure to be drawn away, and of wardpeny, wardcorne, averpeny, hundredpeny, […] and of all such custom

Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.

A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.