A mass-boy, as thou seest, I am,

And fetch the priest some wine.'

"Bent lifted off this mass-boy's cap,<.p>

And looked him in the een--

'An I see right, thou art the Norse

Sir Mindre-Alf, I ween.'

"'And thou wert once a clerk with me,

I knew thee well at school,

And thou mayst not deny, that oft

Thou wrought'st us pain and dool.'