Full often against the sheriff’s gate

Showëd he his chaffare;

Wives and widows about him drew

And chepëd fast of his ware.

34.

34.1 ‘great chepe’ = great bargain.

Yet, ‘Pottës, great chepe!’ cried Robin,

‘I love evil thus to stand.’

And all that saw him sell

Said he had be no potter long.