Twenty score paces between.

"I hold him an archer," said Cloudeslè,

"That yonder wand cleaveth in two:

"Here is none such," said the king,

"Nor none that can so do."

busk, make ready. prick, peg in target

"I shall essay, sir," said Cloudeslè,

"Or that I farther go:"

Cloudeslè, with a bearing arrow,

Clave the wand in two.