And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.
And þe yonge men, þat weren nurschid with hym, seiden to hym, Þus speke thou to this puple, þat spaken to þee, and seiden, Þi fadir made greuouse oure yok, releeue thou vs; thus thou schalt speke to hem, My leest fyngur is grettere than þe bak of my fader;