Þer þou mayt þi mete winne.

But wo is me! þou art so naked,

He makes him a coat of an old sail.

Of mi seyl y wolde þe were maked

A cloth, þou mithest inne gongen,

Sone, no cold þat þu ne fonge.”

HE HELPS THE EARL OF CORNWALL’S COOK.

[Fol. 208b. col. 2.]

He tok þe sh[e]res[45] of þe nayl,

And made him a couel of þe sayl,