‘I thinke I haue deserued Gods cursse;

Ffor I haue not any armour heere,

Nor yett I haue noe iusting-horsse.’

14

‘Thy shankes,’ quoth shee, ‘beneath the knee

Are verry small aboue the shinne

Ffor to doe any such honourablle deeds

As the Englishmen say thou has done.

15

‘Thy shankes beene small aboue thy shoone,