And sayd, 'his beestes shuld ete y-now,
And lig in the grasse, up to the chin;
5
They ben feble, both oxe and cow,
Of hem nis left but boon and skin.'
He shook of share, and cultre of-drow,
And hong his harneys on a pin.
He took his tabard and his staf eke,
10
And on his heed he set his hat;