‘I know not what they be;’
‘Lo, here thou maist see one;’ quoth the tanner,
‘here lyeth one vnder me.
19
‘Knowst thou not a cow-hide,’ quoth the tanner,
‘and hast gone so long to schoole?
If euer thou come to dwell in the country,
thou wilt be made a foole.’
20
‘What craftsman are you?’ said our king,