A perte Marchante seekeinge to lowte
A seelye ffryer in a greate rowte
Sayde: mas ffryer I marvell muche
Whie to the Crosse you doe soe crowche
And to the Gallowes Crosses toe
Of the like substance you doe not soe.
Sir quothe the ffryer asmuche muse I
What is the cause and reason whye?