_Johan._ And thou lyest, Syr. _Syr J._ And thou lyest agayn. _Johan._ By kokkis soule, horson preest, thou shalt be slayn; 660 Thou hast eate our pye, and gyve me nought, By kokkes blod, it shal be full derely bought. _Tyb._ At hym, Syr Johan, or els God gyve the sorow. _Johan._ And have at your hore and thefe, Saynt George to borrow.[283] _Here they fyght by the erys a whyle, and than the preest and the wyfe go out of the place._ _Johan._ A! syrs! I have payd some of them even as I lyst, 665 They have borne many a blow wilh my fyst, I thank God, I have walkyd them well, And dryven them hens. But yet, can ye tell Whether they be go? for by God, I fere me, That they be gon together, he and she, 670 Unto his chamber, and perhappys she wyll, Spyte of my hart, tary there styll, And, peradventure, there, he and she Wyll make me cokold, evyn to anger me; And then had I a pyg in the woyrs[284] panyer, 675 Therfor, by God, I wyll hye me thyder To se yf they do me any vylany: And thus fare well this noble company. FINIS Imprinted by Wyllyam Rastell the xii day of February the yere of our Lord MCCCC and XXXIII _Cum privilegio_ FOOTNOTES: [229] The _New Eng. Dict._ quotes from Fuller's _Worthies_: "St. Anthonie is notoriously known for the patron of hogs, having a pig for his page in all pictures." [230] God's. [231] There are three Croomes in the manor of Ripple, Worcestershire, and the church of Ripple is dedicated to the B. Virgin, but Nash's _History of Worcestershire_, says nothing of "Our Lady of Crome." [232] drag. [233] hair. [234] assuredly; text 'hardly.' [235] hundred. [236] the devil a bit. [237] shall I not? For this curious elliptical construction cf. l. 624, "And had ye no meate, Johan Johan? no had?" See also Udall's _R. D._, I. iv. 32. [238] God's. [239] immediately. [240] dust her jacket, beat her. To walk = to full cloth. [241] This question must be answered. [242] scold. [243] cease. [244] characteristic. [245] avail. [246] cudgel. [247] remedy. [248] wager 6_s._ 8_d._ Cf. Udall, _R. D._, I. iii. 27. [249] the relation of a child's sponsors at baptism to his parents. [250] go a "love"-making. [251] fish salted so hard that it had to be softened by beating before cooking. [252] literally, cat-calling. [253] Tyb's 'aside' perhaps only means "if he is not scolding nothing can please him," i.e. he likes scolding better than anything else. But Tyb is at present half-afraid, and it is at least possible that she means "if I haven't set him scolding this time, no occasion for being angry will content him."