Who wandring in a wood amidst his thral
I mette by chaunce, of whom I did demaund
His name, and place: who thus replide with feare:
“O friende, I am for meate nowe staruen wel neare,
Giue me therefore I thee beseech and pray
Some meate to keepe my carkasse from decay.”
8.
Some pilgrime poore, or wayfaring man him straight
I iudgde, and gaue him what my scrippe would yeelde;
And whilst we both thus on a banke dyd baite,