150

‘I shall assaye, syr,’ sayd Cloudesle,

‘Or that I farther go:’

Cloudesle, with a bearyng arow,

Claue the wand in to.

151

‘Thou art the best archer,’ then said the king,

‘Forsothe that euer I se:’

‘And yet for your loue,’ sayd Wylliam,

‘I wyll do more maystry.