Definition of "leasing"

fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550

Then ren they with leſinges, and blow them about,With, ‘He wrate ſuche a bil withouten dout’,With, ‘I can tel you what ſuch a man ſaid,And you knew all ye would be ill apayd’.

c. 1515–1516, John Skelton, 'Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568

Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie