The abbot told it to me.’

56.

56.1 ‘lese,’ lose.

‘Nowe and thou lese thy lond,’ sayde Robyn,

‘What shall fall of thee?’

‘Hastely I wol me buske,’ sayd the knyght,

‘Over the saltë see,

57.

57.1 ‘quyke’ = quick, alive.

‘And se where Criste was quyke and dede,