Two were full of the beaten gold,
The third was full of white money.
He turned then down his bags of bread,
And filled them full of gold so red.
20.
20.4 Ritson said ‘speer’ was a hole in the wall of a house, through which the family received and answered the inquiries of strangers. This is apparently a mere conjecture.
Then he did never cease nor blin,
Till John of the Scales‘ house he did win.
When that he came to John of the Scales,
Up at the speer he looked then.