51 ‘God a marsey,’ seyd owr_e_ kyng, ‘of þey s_er_ueyse to daye; Yeffe thow hafe awt to do w_i_t_h_ me, or owt to saye, 52 They ffrende schall Y yeffor be, Be God [þat] ys bet on; . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 ‘God a marsey,’ seyde þe barker þo, ‘thow semyst a ffelow god; Yeffe Y met the yn Dantre, þow schalt dreynke, be [þe] rode.’ 54 ‘Be mey ffeyt,’ seyde owr_e_ kyng, ‘or els wer_e_ Y to blame, Yeffe Y met the yn Lecheffelde, þow schalt hafe the same.’ 55 Þus they rode talkyng togeder to Drayton Hall; Tho the barker toke hes leffe of the lordes all. 56 Owr_e_ kyng comand þe barker yn that tyde A c. s’. yn hes pors, to mend hes kow-heydys. 57 There owr_e_ kyng and the barker p_ar_tyd ffeyr_e_ atwyn; God _þa_t set yn heffen so hey breyng os owt of sen! Explycy_t_ þe Kyng _and_ the Barker. * * * * * 1^2. lawhe all. _For_ low, _cf._ 4^3; lowhe, 44^1, 46^3, 47^1, 48^1. 6^4. ffare. _Read, perhaps, with rhyme_, haffe. 7^1, 15^1. yowre = owre: _cf._ yever, yeffor, 33^3, 52^1. 9^2. eney woyt: _see_ 23^2. 9^3. they. 11^1. be meyt; _cf._ 54^1. 12^1. I haffe hast? 14^1, 25^1, 31^1, 33^1, 37^1, 38^1, 46^2. thanner, thannar (_the_ th _caught from the preceding_ the). 14^3. yow (_struck through_) vowsed (_that is_, used). 19^2. be ffore. 22^3. y not: methe. 25^1. no _has been inserted because it occurs in the_ _other versions, but_ now (new), _simply, makes some sense_. 26^2. as mey. _Perhaps_, as thow me loffe. 27^4. schoys. 28^2. of 1. 34^{1,2}. God ffelow w_i_t_h_ me thow most abeyde seyd owr_e_ kyng. 38^2. he well reyde awey w_i_t_h_ mey hors. 39^1. le leffe. _39^2. Words seem to have dropped out at the end._ 42. _The rhyme might be restored thus_: The hors went the deuell on hes bake he had bor_e_; The hors prekyd as he was wode, het mestoret not hem to spor. 44^{3,4}. yeffe he was agast lest þe tann_er_ wolde ber_e_ hem downe. 45^3. a noke. 45^4. thann_er_es: barst. 48^2. Jane. 48^3. nedyst. 50^4. of ffayne. 55^1. to gederff. II KING EDWARD THE FOURTH AND A TANNER OF TAMWORTH A merrie, pleasant and delectable Historie, betweene King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth, etc. =a.= London, John Danter, 1596, Bodleian Library, 4°, C. 39. Art. Seld. =b.= London, W. White, 1613, Corpus Christi College Library, X. G. 2. 11. 4th tract. 1 In summer-time, when leaues grou greene, and blossoms bud on euery tree, King Edward would a hunting ride, some pastime for to see. 2 With hawke and hound he made him bound, with horne and eke with bow; Toward Drayton Basset he tooke his way, whosoeuer doth it know.