And that schal be a trewe assay.’

This Arrons seith noght ones nay:

On horse bak anon thei lepte

In such manere, and nothing slepte,

Ridende forth til that thei come

Al prively withinne Rome; 4790

In strange place and doun thei lihte,

And take a chambre, and out of sihte

P. iii. 253

Thei be desguised for a throwe,