* MAKING THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

And to that acordethe the avisioun, that Seynt Petir saughe at Jaffe, how the aungel cam from Hevene, and broughte before him diverse bestes, as serpentes and other crepynge bestes of the erthe, and of other also gret plentee, and bad him take and ete.

And thei eaten alle the bestes, with outen and with inne, with outen castynge awey of ony thing, saf only the filthe.

And there ben note trees, that beren notes, als grete as a mannes hed. There also ben many bestes, that ben clept orafles.

There ben also manye other bestes, fullye wykked and cruelle, that ben not mocheles more than a bere; and thei han the hed lyche a bore; and thei han 6 feet: and on every foote 2 large clawes trenchant: and the body is lyche a bere, and the tayl as a lyoun.

The next morning we overhauled our Sunday bests, and worried around trying to pick out something for a wedding present.

For the Pissemyres wole suffren bestes to gon and pasturen amonges hem; but no man in no wyse.