The next pair of gallows thou comst to

thou must turn up [on] thy right hand.’

7

‘That is not the way,’ then said our king,

‘the ready way I pray thee shew me;’

‘Whether thou be thief or true man,’ quoth the tanner,

‘I’m weary of thy company.

8

‘Away, with a vengeance,’ quoth the tanner,

‘I hold thee out of thy wit,