Rouned (muttered) in eche others ere,
A newe tydynge prevely,
Or elles tolde alle oppenly
Ryght thus, and seyde; ‘Nost not thou
That ys betyd, late or now?’
—‘No,’ quod he, ‘Telle me what.’
And than he tolde hym this and that,
And swore therto that hit was sothe;
‘Thus hath he sayde’ and ‘Thus he dothe,’
And ‘Thus shal hit be’ and ‘Thus herde Y seye.’”