and ‘Anon, kind sir!’ quoth she:

‘O what do these three pair of boots do here,

without the leave of me?’

15

‘Why, you old cuckold, blind cuckold,

can’t you very well see?

These are three pudding-bags,

my mother sent to me.’

16

‘Heyday! Godzounds! Pudding-bags with spurs on!