What that we were to knowe and understande,
That so did walke by the ryver coast.
And with two ladyes we sodaynly mette;
So when that they were come to us almoste,
From their shyppe boate curiously counterfayte,
Hayle, knyght! they sayde, nowe from a lady great,
Called dame Pacience, we are hether sent,
To knowe your name and all the whole entent
What you make here, and the ladies all?
Truely, quod I, over this stormy flowde