Ye Carpette Knyghte

I have a horse -- a ryghte goode horse--

Ne doe I 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!

SYSTEMParte 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.