‘To mayntene hym in his right’;
‘And a peyre of botës,’ sayde Scarlok,
‘For he is a gentyll knight.’
78.
78.4 ‘tene,’ trouble.
‘What shalt thou gyve him, Litell John?’
‘Sir, a peyre of gilt sporis clene,
To pray for all this company;
God bringe hym oute of tene.’
79.