And so befell, that on a Saturday This carpenter was gone to Oseney, And Hendy Nicholas and Alisón Accorded were to this conclusión, That Nicholas shall shapë him a wile 1034 The silly jealous husband to beguile; And if so were the gamë went aright, She shouldë sleepen in his arms all night; For this was her desire and his also. And right anon, withoutë wordës mo’, This Nicholas no longer would he tarry, But doth full soft unto his chamber carry Both meat and drinkë for a day or tway. And to her husband bade her for to say, If that he asked after Nicholas, She shouldë say, “She wist 1035 not where he was; Of all the day she saw him not with eye; She trowed 1036 he was in some maladý, For no cry that her maiden could him call