What heylyght thi leggys now to be lame?

Thou dedyst hem put ryght freschly owte,

Whan thou dedyst play with ȝon ȝonge dame.

Primus detractor. I pray to God gyf hym myschawns,

Hese leggys here do folde for age;

But with this damysel whan he dede dawns,

The olde charle had ryght gret corage.

Den. The shrewe was than sett in a dotage,

And had good lust that tyme to pleyn;

ȝaff sche not ȝow cowdel to potage,