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,