I am glad it chanced so, there was no witness by; And if there had, I cared not; for ye spake as ill as I. I speak but as I heard you say, I wot not what ye thought. Ye said "It was not God, nor man," and made it worse than nought. #Parson.# I meant not so. Thou tookest me wrong! #John.# A, sir! Ye sing another song! I dare not reason with you long. I see well, now, ye have a knack To say a thing, and then go back. #Parson.# No, JOHN! I was but a little overseen: But thou meantest not good faith, I ween, In all this talk that was us between. #John.# I! No, trow, it shall not so been That JOHN BON shall an heretic be called, Then might he lay him so foul befald. #Parson.# But, now, if thou wilt mark me well! From beginning to ending, I will thee tell Of the godly service that shall be to-morrow; That, ere I have done, no doubt, thou wilt sorrow To hear that such things should be foredone. And yet, in many places, they have begun To take away the old, and set up new. Believe me, JOHN! this tale is true. #John.# Go to, mast[er] Parson! Say on, and well to thrive! Ye be the jolliest gemman [_gentleman_] that ever saw in my life. #Parson.# We shall first have _Matins_. Is it not a godly hearing? #John# [_who is now speaking, aside_]. Fie! yes. Methink 'tis a shameful gay cheering, For oftentimes, on my prayers, when I take no great keep, Ye sing so arrantly well, ye make me fall asleep! #Parson.# Then have we Procession, and CHRIST about we bear. #John.# That is a poison holy thing, for GOD Himself is there. #Parson.# Then come we in, and ready us dress, Full solemnly to go to _Mess_. #John.# Is not here a mischievous thing! The _Mess_ is vengeance holy, for all their saying! #Parson.# Then say we _Confiteor_ and _Miseriatur_. #John.# JEZE LORD! 'tis abominable matter! #Parson.# And then we stand up to the altar. #John.# This gear is as good as _Our Lady's Psalter_. #Parson.# And so go forth with the other deal Till we have read the _Pistel_ and _Gospel_. #John.# That is good, mast[er] Parson, I know right well. #Parson.# Is that good! Why, what say'st thou to the other? #John.# Marry! horribly good! I say none other.