‘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;