“Man! I will give thee gold and fee,

An thou that woman will sellen me,

More than thou can neven.[[580]]

I will give thee an hundred pound

Of pennies that been whole and round,

And rich robes seven:

She shall be queen of my land,

And all men bow unto her hand,

And none withstand her steven.”[[581]]

Sir Isumbras said, “Nay!