2nd Shepherd. Who should do us that scorn? That were a foul spot.
1st Shepherd. Some shrew.
I have sought with my dogs,
All Horbery shrogs,[154]
And of fifteen hogs
Found I but one ewe.
3rd Shepherd. Now trust me if you will;--by Saint Thomas of Kent!
Either Mac or Gill--was at that assent.
1st Shepherd. Peace, man, be still;--I saw when he went.
Thou slander'st him ill; thou ought to repent.
Good speed.
2nd Shepherd. Now as ever might I thee,
If I should even here dee,[155]
I would say it were he,
That did that same deed.
3rd Shepherd. Go we thither I rede,[156]--and run on our feet.
May I never eat bread,--the truth till I wit.
1st Shepherd. Nor drink, in my heed,--with him till I meet.
2nd Shepherd. I will rest in no stead, till that I him greet,
My brother
One I will hight:[157]
Till I see him in sight
Shall I never sleep one night
There I do another.
3rd Shepherd. Will ye hear how they hack,[158]--Our Sire! list, how they croon!
1st Shepherd. Hard I never none crack,--so clear out of tune.
Call on him.