And made him feste and chiere ariht,

Feignende as thogh sche cowthe him thonk.

Bot he with strong wyn which he dronk

Forth with the travail of the day[605]

Was drunke, aslepe and while he lay, 1010

Sche hath hise lettres overseie

And formed in an other weie.

Ther was a newe lettre write,

Secunda littera per Regem Episcopo remissa a Domilda iterum falsata.

Which seith: ‘I do you forto wite,