The paien goth, the Jew alofte
Was sett upon his asse softe:
So gon thei forth carpende faste
Of this and that, til ate laste[1227]
The paien mihte go nomore,
And preide unto the Jew therfore3280*
To suffre him ride a litel while.
The Jew, which thoghte him to beguile,
Anon rod forth the grete pas,[1228]
And to the paien in this cas