Ne wote I, but thou didst these goods bereaue

From rightfull owner by vnrighteous lot,

Or that bloud guiltinesse[663] or guile them blot.

Perdy (quoth he) yet neuer eye did vew,

Ne toung did tell, ne hand these handled not,

But safe I haue them kept in secret mew,

From heauens sight, and powre of all which them pursew.

What secret place (quoth he) can safely hold xx

So huge a masse, and hide from heauens eye?

Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much gold