The paien herde and understod,

And thoghte it was a wonder lawe.

And thus upon here sondri sawe

Talkende bothe forth thei wente.

The dai was hoot, the sonne brente,3250*

The paien rod upon an asse,

And of his catell more and lasse

With him a riche trusse he ladde.

The Jew, which al untrowthe hadde,

P. iii. 195