That did so finely his body upon,
He went a wooing to the duke’s daughter of France,
And called himself the lord of Learne.
41.
The duke of France heard tell of this;
To his place that worthy lord was come truly;
He entertain’d him with a quart of red Rhenish wine.
Says, ‘Lord of Learne, thou art welcome to me!’
42.
42.4 Cp. the horror of ‘churlës blood’ in Glasgerion, 9.5,6 (First Series, p. 5).