Gaue me a taunte, and sayde I was to blame 70
To be so perte to prese so proudly vppe:
She sayde she trowed that I had[252] eten sause;
She asked yf euer I dranke of saucys cuppe.
And I than softly answered to that clause,
That, so to saye, I had gyuen her no cause.
Than asked she me, Syr, so God thé spede,
What is thy name? and I sayde, it was Drede.
What mouyd thé, quod she, hydder to come?
Forsoth, quod I, to bye some of youre ware.