Bot crepe into mi purs ayein,
Than dar I saufly swere and sein, 5110
It is the vertu of the Ston.’[329]
The morwe cam, and he is gon
To seche aboute in other stede
His Ston to selle, and he so dede,[330]
And lefte it with his chapman there.
Bot whan that he cam elleswhere,
In presence of his wif at hom,
Out of his Purs and that he nom