“Quhen tym cummys,” he said, “to lestand hewin.”
‘Quhat tym is that? I pray the now declar.’1275
“Twa ar on lyff mon be befor me thar.”
‘Quhilk twa ar thai?’ “The verité thow may ken.
“The fyrst has bene a gret slaar off men.
“Now thai him kep to martyr in London toun
“On Wednyssday, befor king and commoun.1280
“Is nayn on lyff at has sa mony slayn.”
‘Brodyr,’ he said, ‘that taill is bot in wayn;
‘For slauchtyr is to God abhominabill.’