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.