Al fawty is my fare,

Lete3 me ouer-take your wylle,

& efle I schal be ware."

XVII.

Then the other, laughing, thus spoke:

Thenne lo3e þat oþer leude, & luflyly sayde,

"I halde hit hardily1 hole, þe harme þat I hade;

Þou art confessed so clene, be-knowen of þy mysses,

& hat3 þe penaunce apert, of þe poynt of myn egge,

I halde þe polysed of þat ply3t, & pured as clene,