Drapers much cloth me offered anon;

Then comes me one cried, "Hot sheep's feet!"

One cried, "Mackarel!" "Rushes green!" another 'gan greet;[107]

One bade me buy a hood to cover my head;

But for want of money I might not be sped.

Then I hied me into East Cheap:

One cries "Ribs of beef and many a pie!"

Pewter pots they clattered on a heap;

There was harpé, pipe, and minstrelsy:

"Yea, by cock!" "Nay, by cock!" some began cry;