And now a couple of fellows are come from Cutpurse Hall;
And there have they brought many a purse to wrack.
Lo, here is gear that will make their necks for to crack.
For I promised Tom Tosspot and Ralph Roister a piece of land:
Lo, here it is ready in my right hand:
A wallet and a bottle; but it is not to be sold.
I told them before, that of Beggar's Manor it did hold,
And for Cuthbert Cutpurse and Pierce Pickpurse here is good fare:
This is the land of the two-legged mare,
Which I to them promised, and [to] divide it with discretion: