" "Nay," quoth the Tanner boldlyfor, though taken by surprise, he was not a man to be frightened by big words"thou liest in thy teeth.

For now thou liest like a sinless child, Whom God hath homeward to his bosom smiled.

Bear thou the lot That fortune sends thee; for, to say the truth, Thou richly hast deserved it!Even as thou Before me liest on the naked earth, So lay I once in Colchis at thy feet And craved protectionbut thou wouldst not hear!

"Either thou liest to us, or thine eyes lied to thee.