I am not happy, I renne ay on the losse.

Now renne muste I to the stewys syde, 400

To wete yf Malkyn, my lemman, haue gete oughte:

I lete her to hyre, that men maye on her ryde,

Her armes[311] easy ferre and nere is soughte:

By Goddis sydes; syns I her thyder broughte,

She hath gote me more money with her tayle

Than hath some shyppe that into Bordews sayle.

Had I as good an hors as she is a mare,

I durst auenture to iourney thorugh[312] Fraunce;