And fette thilke. Upon his word

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This Skulle is fet and wyn therinne,

Wherof he bad his wif beginne: 2550

‘Drink with thi fader, Dame,’ he seide.

And sche to his biddinge obeide,

And tok the Skulle, and what hire liste

Sche drank, as sche which nothing wiste

What Cuppe it was: and thanne al oute

The kyng in audience aboute