· The Reue · The Reue Ye kan by argumentz / make a placeA myle brood / of twenty foot of spaceLat se now / if this place may suffiseOr make it rowm with speche / as is your͗e gyse¶ Now Symond seyde this Iohn / by seint CutberdAy is thou myrie / and that is faire answerdI haue herd seye / men sal tak of twa thyngesSwilk as he fyndes / or tak swilk as he bryngesBut specialy / I pray thee hoost deereGet vs som mete and drynke / and make vs cheereAnd we wol payen / trewely atte fulleWith empty hand / men may none haukes tulleLo heere oure siluer / redy for to spende¶ This Millere in to town / his doghter sendeFor ale and breed / and rosted hem a goosAnd boond hir hors / it sholde namoore go loosAnd in his owene chambre / hem made a bedWith shetes and wᵗith chalons / faire yspredNoght from his owene bed / but ten foot or twelueHis doghter hadde a bed / al by hir selueRight in the same chambre by and byIt myghte be no bet and cause whyTher was no rowmer herberwe / in the placeThey soupen / and they speken / hem to solaceAnd drynken euere stroong ale / at the besteAboute mydnyght / wente they to resteWel hath this Millere / vernysshed his heedFul pale he was for dronke / and noght reedHe yexeth / and he speketh thurgh the noseAs he were / on the quakke / or on the poseTo bedde he goth / and wᵗith hym goth his wyfAs any Iay / she light was and iolyfSo was hir ioly whistle / wel ywetThe Cradel / at hir beddes feet is setTo rokken / and to yeue the child to sowkeAnd whan þᵗat dronken / al was in the CrowkeTo bedde wente / the doghter right anonTo bedde gooth Aleyn / and also IohnTher nas namoore / hem neded no dwaleThis Millere / hath so wisly bibbed ale