Promising him to return again quickly; and so did convey

Myself to the court for Snap the tipstaff, which came and upsnatched him,

Brought him to the court, and in the porter’s lodge dispatched him,

After I ran to Dionysius, as fast as I could,

And bewrayed this matter to him, which I have you told;

Which thing when he heard, being very merry before,

He suddenly fell in dump, and foaming like a boar,

At last he swore in great rage, that he should die

By the sword or the wheel, and that very shortly.

I am too shamefast: for my travail and toil