A gold ring drow he forth anon,
An hundred pund was worth þe ston,
He gives Ubbe a gold ring.
And yaf it ubbe for to spede:—
He was ful wis þat first yaf mede,
And so was hauelok ful wis here,
Dearly he sells it, all the same.
He solde his gold ring ful dere,
Was neuere non so dere sold,
For chapmen, neyþer yung ne old: