‘ye make ouer great hast;’

‘Thou shalt haue thy horse, with a vengeance, againe,

for my necke is well nigh brast.’

41

‘Why then we must change,’ said our king,

‘as me thinke needs thou woot;

But if you haue your mare againe

I will looke to haue some boote.’

42

‘What boote wilt thou haue?’ quoth the tanner,