That leadeth up to the castle fair?"

"Adown the doorward stair of stone

There cometh a woman all alone."

"Yea, that forsooth shall my mistress be:

O Goldilocks, what like is she?"

"O fair she is of her array,

As hitherward she wends her way."

"Unlike her wont is that indeed:

Is she not foul beneath her weed?"

"O nay, nay! But most wondrous fair