by all theſe goodes you haue gotten togither. So he gaue hir an anſwere at random, nothing aunſwering hir deſire. She contending with him, and he aunſwering, in the ende as he had bene angry he ſaid to hir: I can but muſe what reaſon mooues you (in God's name) to deſire to knowe my ſecretes, being a thing that little profites you to know them, or not to know them. Be ye contented Madame, and ſet your heart at reſt: let it ſuffice you to fare well, to be richly apparelled, and to be worſhipfully wayted vpon and ſerued, although ye do not importune me to tell you ſuch a ſecret. Theſe are not thinges to be tolde, for I haue hearde it ſpoken many a time and oft, that euery thinge hath eares: therefore many times thinges are ſpoken which are repented of the partie afterwardes. Wherefore hold your peace, for I cannot tell you. To this anſwere his Ladie replied, and louingly beſought him to tell hir, ſweetly entiſing with wifely traynes in ſuch ſort, that the knight wearied with hir importunate ſpeach yelded, and ſaid to hir: All that we haue, and as much as is in the houſe (but ſweete hart I charge you let it neuer come from you) is ſtollen, and in deede to be playne with you, in the nightes ſeaſon I ſtole it from this and that mans houſe, ſo
