and ‘Anon, kind sir!’ quoth she:

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

without the leave of me?’

19

‘Why, you old cuckold, blind cuckold,

can’t you very well see?

These are three petticoats,

my mother sent to me.’

20

‘Heyday! Godzounds! Petticoats with waistbands on!