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/ I have a horse-a ryghte good horse- / Ne doe Y envye those / Who scoure ye playne yn headye course / Tyll soddayne on theyre nose / They lyghte wyth unexpected force / Yt ys-a horse of clothes.
/ I have a saddel-"Say'st thou soe? / Wyth styrruppes, Knyghte, to boote? " / I sayde not that-I answere "Noe"- / Yt lacketh such, I woote: / Yt ys a mutton-saddel, loe! / Parte of ye fleecye brute.
/ I have a bytte-a ryghte good bytte- / As shall bee seene yn tyme. / Ye jawe of horse yt wyll not fytte; / Yts use ys more sublyme. / Fayre Syr, how deemest thou of yt? / Yt ys-thys bytte of rhyme.