‘I pray you tell me now;’
‘I am a barker,’ quoth the tanner,
[‘What craftsman art thou?’]
21
‘I am a courtier,’ said our king,
‘forth of seruice I am worne;
Full faine I would be your prentise,’ he said,
‘your cunning for to learne.’
22
‘Marrie, God forbid,’ quoth the tanner,