De Candelario[[308]]

Now will I speak a little while,

Of the chandler, without guile,

That torches and tapers and prickets can make,

Perchers,[[309]] small candles, I undertake;

Of wax these candles all that bren,

And mortar of wax, as I well ken.

The snuff of them he does away

With close scissors, as I you say.

The scissors be short and closed round,