That heretic New Custom, with another in his company.
As soon as they saw me, they hied them apace,
Came towards, and met me full in the face.
I am glad we have found you then, quod this heretic knave,
For you and your fellow this day sought we have
In every place, and now cannot you fly;
And with these words both they came very nigh.
Whereat I so feared, I may tell you plain,
That I thought at that hour I should have been slain.
This is he, quod the varlet, of whom I told you of late,