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: