"Þat watȝ not forward," quod he, "frayst me no more,

For ȝe haftan þat yow tydeȝ, traweȝe non oþer

ȝe mowe."

Þay laȝed, & made hem blyþe,

Wyth loteȝ þat were to lowe,

To soper þay ȝede asswyþe,

Wyth dayntes nwe in-nowe.

1 And = an. 2 ho, in MS. 3 your (?).

XI.

By the hearth they sit.