That other answerd, I not how that may be; know not He wot wel that the gold is with us twaye, two What schulde we than do? what schulde we saye? say Schal it be counsail?[187] sayd the ferste schrewe, wicked person And I schal telle thee in wordes fewe What we schul doon, and bringe it wel aboute. do I graunte, quod that other, without doute, That by my trouthe I wil thee nought bywraye. betray Now, quoth the first, thou wost wel we ben twaye, knowest And two of us schal strenger be than oon. Loke, whanne he is sett, thou right anoon[188] look Arys, as though thou woldest with him pleye,[189] wouldest And I schal ryf him through the sydes tweye, rip Whils that thou strogelest with him as in game, And with thi dagger, loke thou do the same. And than schal al the gold departed be, divided My dere frend, bitwixe the and me: thee Than may we oure lustes al fulfille, might And pley at dees right at our owne wille. dice “Now, sirs,” quoth he, “if you so eager be To seek for Death, turn up this crooked way, For in that grove I left him, by my fay, Under a tree, and there he will abide, Nor for your noise and boasting will he hide. See ye that oak? close there his place you’ll find, God save you, sirs, that hath redeem’d mankind, And mend you all”--thus said the aged man.