I can not seen that arguments avayle;
Than semeth hit ther moste be batayle.'
540
'Al redy!' quod these egles tercels tho.
Nay, sirs!' quod he, 'if that I dorste it seye,
Ye doon me wrong, my tale is not y-do!
For sirs, ne taketh noght a-gref, I preye,
It may noght gon, as ye wolde, in this weye;
545
Oure is the voys that han the charge in honde,