‘My name,’ he says, ‘is poor Disaware;

I tend sheep on the lonely lea.’

‘Thou art a thief,’ the steward said,

‘And so in the end I will prove thee.’

62.

Then bespake the lady fair,

‘Peace, lord of Learne! I do pray thee;

For if no love you show this child,

No favour can you have of me.’

63.