These yemen all thre ;
They loked est, they loked west,
They myght no man se.
But as ‘they’ [160] loked in Bernysdale,
By the hye waye,
Than were they ware of two blacke monkes,
Eche on a good palferay.
Then bespake Lytell Johan,
To Much he gan say,
I dare lay my lyfe to wedde,