‘tell me in this stound;
‘Neuer a groat nor pennie,’ said our king,
‘but of thy gold twentie pound.’
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‘Nay, here is thy noble,’ quoth the tanner again,
‘and Christ’s blessing and mine;
‘Yea, here is twentie good groats more,
goe drinke them at the wine.’
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‘So mote I thee,’ then said our king,