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.