106 REYNARD THE FOX CHAP. XIV

loving, and courteous; religious, and full of
wise counsel, even such as myself was when
I was first a recluse; if you have a few green
leaves, or a little grass, you are well content as
with all the bread and flesh in the world, and
you are temperate and modest.’

And thus with a world of such like flattering
words he enticed these two, that they were
content to go along with him.