Vidas and Rachel youde asyde and speedilye agreed
That Antolinez verile had earned of them ryche meede.
“Thritte odde markes, wich is but just, Martin, we’ll giv to youe,
And you can buye some fur, a cloake, and paire of breeches toe.
Soe Antolinez took the markes and thanked them hertelye,
And tayking curteous leave of them spedde backe richt merrylye.
“Poema del Cid” (Twelfth Century).
THE CID PLEDGES TWO COFFERS OF SAND TO THE JEWS.