To talk and to reason a number begun,
And of the Blind Beggar's daughter most bright,
And what with his daughter he gave to the knight.
Then spoke the nobles, "Much marvel have we
This jolly blind beggar we cannot yet see!"
"My lords," quoth the bride, "my father so base
Is loathe with his presence these states to disgrace."
"The praise of a woman in question to bring,
Before her own face, is a flattering thing;
But we think thy father's baseness," quoth they,