& talk wyth þat ilk tulk þe tale þat me lyste,
Worþe hit wele, oþer wo, as þe wyrde lyke3
hit hafe;
Þa3e he be a sturn knape,
To sti3tel, &2 stad with staue,
Ful wel con dry3tyn schape,
His seruaunte3 forto saue."
1 mot, in MS. 2 & &, in MS.
VII.
"Mary!" quoth the other, "since it pleases thee to lose thy life, 2140