us. For, John, there is a law that sayeth thus, That if a man in one point be aggriev’d, That in another he shall be reliev’d. Our corn is stol’n, soothly it is no nay, And we have had an evil fit to-day. And since I shall have none amendëment Against my loss, I will have easëment: By Goddë’s soul, it shall none, other be.” This John answér’d; “Alein, avisë thee: 1322 The miller is a perilous man,” he said, “And if that he out of his sleep abraid, 1323 He mightë do us both a villainy.” 1324 Alein answér’d; “I count him not a fly.” And up he rose, and by the wench he crept. This wenchë lay upright, and fast she slept, Till he so nigh was, ere she might espy, That it had been too latë for to cry: And, shortly for to say, they were at one. Now play, Alein, for I will speak of John.