‘That eased myght they be;’

‘They shall not come therin,’ sayd the knyght,

‘By God that dyed on a tre.’

102

Lordës were to mete isette

In that abbotes hall;

The knyght went forth and kneled downe,

And salued them grete and small.

103

‘Do gladly, syr abbot,’ sayd the knyght,