And axeth bot a litel peny,
If that the king wol yive him eny.
The king ansuerde, it was to smal
For him, which was a lord real;[1108]
P. iii. 157
To yive a man so litel thing
It were unworschipe in a king. 2130
Be this ensample a king mai lere
[Discretion in Giving.]
That forto yive is in manere: