Speke, and shewe him swiche skiles,
(360)
That he may shake hem by the biles,
So [palpable] they shulden be.
870
But tel me this, now pray I thee,
How thinkth thee my conclusioun?'
[Quod he]. 'A good persuasioun,'
Quod I, 'hit is; and [lyk] to be
Right so as thou hast preved me.'