And that was a bocher without fayle All be gored in reed blode In his hande he bare a flap for flyes His hosen gresy vpon his thyes That place for magottes was very good On his necke he bare a cole tre logge He had as moche pyte as a dogge And he were ones wrothe He loked perysshe and also rowe A man wolde take hym for a shrewe I trowe And of his company be lothe Than came a gonge fermourer Other wyse called a masser scourer With hym a canyell raker Theyr presence made Cocke and his mē to spewe For as swete was theyr brethe as henkā or rewe To wasshe them they laked water On these Irysshe copel I wyll not tare B. ii. _a._ Cocke dyde set thē there as knaues sholde be Amonge the slouenly sorte Than came two false towlers in nexte He set them by pykers of the best For there sholde they abyde But before yᵗ they were plonged in the ryuer To searche theyr bodyes fayre and clere Therof they had good sporte A myller dustypoll than dyde come A Ioly felowe with a golden thome On his necke a sacke was Many sayd that he with reprefe Of all craftes was nexte a thefe B. ii. _b._ In that Cocke founde no lacke He sayd that he touled twys for forgetynge And stele floure and put chauke therin Be sherewe hym that taught hym that Cocke bad hym grynde cherystones and peson To make his men brede for a season By cause whete was very dere Than came a pardoner with his boke His quaterage of euery man he toke But Cocke wolde theyr names here The pardoner sayd I will rede my roll And ye shall here the names poll by poll There of ye nede not fere Here is fyrst Cocke Lorell the knyght And symkyn emery mayntenaūce agayne ryght With slyngethryfte fleshemonger Also fabyane flaterer And fesly claterer With adam auerus flayle swenger And fraūces flaperoche of stewys captayne late With gylys vnyeste mayer of newgate And lewes vnlusty the lesynge monger Here also baude baudyn boller And his brother copyn coler With mathew marchaunte of shoters hyll Crystofer catchepoll a crystes course gaderer And wat welbelyne of ludgate Iayler With laurence lorell of clerken well Here is gylys Iogeler of ayebery And hym sougelder of lothe bery B. iii. _a._ With wallys the wrangler Pers potter of brydge water Saunder fely the mustarde maker With Ielyan Iangeler Here is Ienkyne berwarde of Barwycke And tom tombler of warwyke With Phyllyp fletcher of fernam Here is wyll wyly the myl peker And patrycke peuysshe heerbeter With lusty hary hange man Also mathewe tothe drawer of London And sybly sole mylke wyfe of Islyngton With davy drawelache of rokyngame Here is maryone marchauntes at all gate B. iii. _b._ Her husbōde dwelleth at yᵉ sygne of yᵉ cokeldes pate