| | And that he wolde be our gouernour | |
| | And of oure talis Iuge and reportour | |
| 815 | And sette a soper at a certayn pryce | |
| | And wol be rewlid at his deuyce | |
| | High and lowe and alle be on assent | |
| | We be accorded to the Iugement | |
| | And there vp on the wyne was fet anone | |
| 820 | We dronk and to reste went we echone | |
| | With oute euy lenger taryynge | |
| | Amorow whan the day gan sprynge | |
| | Vp roos our host and was al our cok | |
| | And gadred vs alle in a flok | |
| 825 | And forth we riden lityl more than a paas | |
| | Vnto the waterynge of saint Thomas | |
| | And there oure hoste gan his hors areste | |
| | And sayde harkeneth lordingez yf ye liste | |
| | Ye woot our forward and I you recorde | |
| 830 | Yf euensong and morow song acorde | |
| | Let se now who shal telle the firste tale | |
| | As euyr moot I drynke wyne or ale | |
| | Who so wil be rebel to my iugement | |
| | Shal paye for al that is be the way spent | |
| | N | Ow draw cut or that ye further twynne | |
| | Whiche shal the firste tale begynne | |
| | Sire knyght quod he my maister & my lord | |
| | Drawith cut for that is myn accord | |
| | Cometh hithir quod he my lady Prioresse | |
| 840 | And ye sire clerk let be your shamefastnesse | |
| | Ne stody not ley on hond euery man | |
