6

‘Y met hem bot at Went-breg,’ seyde Lytyll John,

‘And therefore yeffell mot he the!

Seche thre strokes he me gafe,

Yet by my seydys cleffe þey.

7

‘Y ley forty shillings,’ seyde Lytyll John,

‘To pay het thes same day,

Ther ys nat a man among hus all

A wed schall make hem ley.’