At the point of their journey at which we take them up, this joyous pair were engaged in singing a virelai, as it was called, in which the clown bore a mellow burden, to the better instructed Knight of the Fetterlock.
Abban a pillanatban, amikor útközben megpillantjuk őket, ez a vidám pár éppen egy úgynevezett virelait énekelt együtt, amelyben a bohóc öblös hangon felelgetett a lovag iskolázott hangjának.