60.

Than spake that good yeman Clym of the Clough,

And swore by Mary fre,

‘If that we stande long wythout,

Lyke a thefe hanged shalt thou be.

61.

61.2 ‘lordane,’ sluggard: ‘wode,’ mad.

‘Lo! here we have got the kyngës seale:

What, lordane, art thou wode?’

The porter had wende it had ben so,