And axeth him hou that mai be.
‘Nou be mi trouthe I not,’ quod he, 5100
‘Bot I dar swere upon a bok,
That to my Marchant I it tok,[327]
And he it hadde whan I wente:
So knowe I noght to what entente
It is nou hier, bot it be grace.[328]
Forthi tomorwe in other place
I wole it fonde forto selle,
And if it wol noght with him duelle,