These the most knowing on such matters make.
“And what dost mean, my pretty lad?” she cried, }
“Dost stay or go?”—He first for courage tried, }
Then for fit words—then boldly he replied, }
That he “would give a hundred pounds, if so
He had them, all about that house to go;
For he had heard that it contain’d such things 290
As never house could boast, except the king’s.”
The ruling Lady, smiling, said, “In truth
Thou shalt behold them all, my pretty youth.