And twenty nine is the worth of thee,

For I thinke, thou art one penny worser than he.’

22.

22.1 ‘Meaning probably St. Botolph.’ —Percy’s note. But the Folio gives St. Andrew, so that it is Percy’s own emendation.

The king he laughed, and swore by St. Bittel,

‘I did not think I had been worth so littel!

—Now secondly tell me, without any doubt,

How soone I may ride this whole world about.’

23.

‘You must rise with the sun, and ride with the same,