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.'