‘Thys nyght is come vn to thys town
Wyllyam of Cloudesle.’
18
Thereof the iustice was full fayne,
And so was the shirife also:
‘Thou shalt not trauaile hether, dame, for nought;
Thy meed thou shalt haue or thou go.’
19
They gaue to her a ryght good goune,
Of scarlat it was, as I heard say[n]e;