‘Euyr) me thynkythe be thy tale,
The song of the burdes smale
On slepe hathe hyme browght.’
‘Ye,’ seyd Torrent, ‘ore he be wakyn), [280]
I schall̴ the tell̴ soche a tokyn),
Of hym thow haue no thowght!
But wolddes thow for thy gentry
Do the lyonnys downe lye,
That they nyee me nowght?’ [285]
By the hande sche ganne hym ta