As he which hath his wit desposed,
Touchende a point hem hath opposed. 1810
The kinges question was this;
Of thinges thre which strengest is,
The wyn, the womman or the king:
And that thei scholde upon this thing
Of here ansuere avised be,[1086]
He yaf hem fulli daies thre,
And hath behote hem be his feith
That who the beste reson seith,