And soe the beene aboue thy knee;
Thou art to slender euery way
Any good iuster ffor to bee.’
16
‘But euer alacke,’ said Spencer then,
‘For one steed of the English countrye!’
With that bespake and one Ffrench knight,
This day thou’st haue the choyce of three.
17
The first steed he ffeiched out,