To here a lesing[141] of thy mouthe,
So, sir, as ye seyd nouthe,[142]
What Ich wold aski have Y schold;
And nedes thou most thi word hold.
The king seyd, seththen it is so,
Take hir bi the hand, and go;
Of hir Ichil thatow be blithe.
He kneled adoun, and thonked him swithe.[143]
His wiif he tok bi the hond
And dede him swithe[144] out of that lond;