Hoping by the same no man to offend;
Full forty long winters thus I have been,
A silly blind beggar of Bednall Green."
Now when the company every one
Did hear the strange tale he told in his song,
They were amazed, as well as they might be,
Both at the blind beggar and pretty Bessee,
With that the fair bride they all bid embrace,
Saying, "You are come of an honourable race;
Thy father likewise is of high degree,