[“This knight, my maisters,” quoth one, “came somwhat to late in order.” “That is maruaile,” quoth maisterFerrers, “it seemes that hee was forwarde enoughe in seruice.” “Yea,” quoth another, “hee came the later home for that, and therefore wee must accept his cause.” “How ere hee came,” quoth M. H.[1882]“hee sayes well, and like a noble gentleman, as no doubt hee was.” “Hee should haue beene placed,” quoth one, “after kingIamesthe first, king ofScots, of whome wee spake in the yeare 1437.” “Now,” quoth I, “that you talke of kingIames, I haue kingIamesthe fourth here, which was slayne at the batayle ofBrampton, orFloddon fielde, but hee is very rude”[1883]“I like him,” quoth one, “the better: for if hee should bee otherwise, it would not well beseeme his person, nor the place whence he comes.” “Reade it,” quoth they, “as it is.” “Thinke then,” quoth I, “that you see him standing all wounded, with a shafte in his body, and, emongst other woundes, one geuen by a byll, both deadly, to say in his rude and faithlesse maner as followeth.”]
[“This knight, my maisters,” quoth one, “came somwhat to late in order.” “That is maruaile,” quoth maisterFerrers, “it seemes that hee was forwarde enoughe in seruice.” “Yea,” quoth another, “hee came the later home for that, and therefore wee must accept his cause.” “How ere hee came,” quoth M. H.[1882]“hee sayes well, and like a noble gentleman, as no doubt hee was.” “Hee should haue beene placed,” quoth one, “after kingIamesthe first, king ofScots, of whome wee spake in the yeare 1437.” “Now,” quoth I, “that you talke of kingIames, I haue kingIamesthe fourth here, which was slayne at the batayle ofBrampton, orFloddon fielde, but hee is very rude”[1883]“I like him,” quoth one, “the better: for if hee should bee otherwise, it would not well beseeme his person, nor the place whence he comes.” “Reade it,” quoth they, “as it is.” “Thinke then,” quoth I, “that you see him standing all wounded, with a shafte in his body, and, emongst other woundes, one geuen by a byll, both deadly, to say in his rude and faithlesse maner as followeth.”]