Thereof the justice was full fayne,

And so was the shirife also:

‘Thou shalt not travaile hither, dame, for nought,

Thy meed thou shalt have er thou go.’

19.

They gave to her a ryght good goune,

Of scarlat it was, as I heard sayne;

She toke the gyft, and home she wente,

And couched her doune agayne.

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