3701 of malvesie, 3702 And eke another full of fine vernage, 3703 And volatile, 3704 as aye was his uságe: And thus I let them eat, and drink, and play, This merchant and this monk, a day or tway. The thirdë day the merchant up ariseth, And on his needës sadly him adviseth; 3705 And up into his countour-house 3706 went he, To reckon with himself as well may be, Of thilkë 3707 year, how that it with him stood, And how that he dispended bad his good, And if that he increased were or non. His bookës and his baggës many a one He laid before him on his counting-board.