‘And I give thee twelve pence a day,’ said the quene,

‘By God and by my fay;

Come feche thy payment whan thou wylt,

No man shall say thee nay.’

165.

165.2 ‘fe,’ money.

‘Wyllyam, I make thee gentleman

Of clothyng and of fe:

And thy two brethren yemen of my chambre,

For they are so semely to see.