Than spake Clym of the Clough,
‘Wyth a wyle we wyl us in bryng;
Let us saye we be messengers,
Streyght comen from our king.’
55.
Adam said, ‘I have a letter written wele,
Now let us wysely werke,
We wyl saye we have the kyngës seale;
I holde the porter no clerke.’
56.