Or colours of rethoryke?

860

Pardee, hit oghte thee to lyke;

For [hard langage and hard matere]

Is encombrous for to here

At ones; wost thou not wel this?'

And I answerde, and seyde, 'Yis.'

865

'A ha!' quod he, 'lo, so I can,

[Lewedly] to a lewed man