Or Dan Thomas, or ellës Dan Albon? Of what house be ye, by your father’s kin? I vow to God, thou hast a full fair skin; It is a gentle pasture where thou go’st; Thou art not like a penant 4030 or a ghost. Upon my faith thou art some officer, Some worthy sexton, or some cellarer. For by my father’s soul, as to my dome, 4031 Thou art a master when thou art at home; No poorë cloisterer, nor no novíce, But a govérnor, both wily and wise, And therewithal, of brawnës 4032 and of bones, A right well-faring person for the nonce. I pray to God give him confusión That first thee brought into religión. Thou would’st have been a treadëfowl 4033 aright; Hadst thou as greatë leave, as thou hast might,

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