And ȝet sum seyden thou xulde have evyl grace.
Secundus detractor. Herk, Reyse-sclaundyr, canst thou owth telle
Of any newe thynge that wrought was late?
Primus detractor. Within a shorte whyle a thynge befelle,
I trowe thou wylt lawhȝ ryght wel therate,
ffor be trowth, ryght mekyl hate,
If it be wyst, therof wyl growe.
Secundus detractor. If I may reyse therwith debate,
I xal not spare the seyd to sowe.
Primus detractor. Syr, in the tempyl a mayd ther was,