But first,” quoth he, “here at this alëstake 3501 I will both drink, and biten on a cake.” But right anon the gentles gan to cry, “Nay, let him tell us of no ribaldry. Tell us some moral thing, that we may lear 3502 Some wit, 3503 and thennë will we gladly hear.” “I grant y-wis,” 3504 quoth he; “but I must think Upon some honest thing while that I drink.”