and ‘Anon, kind sir!’ quoth she:

‘O what do these three swords do here,

without the leave of me?’

7

‘Why, you old cuckold, blind cuckold,

can’t you very well see?

They are three roasting-spits,

my mother sent to me.’

8

‘Heyday! Godzounds! Roasting spits with scabbards on!