| | And warned here my lord and souereyn | |
| | Whiche that to riden with you is ful feyn | |
| | For his disport he louith daliaunce | |
| 40 | Frend for thy warnynge god yeue ye good chaunce | |
| | Than sayde our ost certeyn it wolde seme | |
| | Thy lord were wyse and so y may wel deme | |
| | He is ful iocunde also dar y ley | |
| | Can he ought telle a mery tale or twey | |
| 45 | With whiche he gladde may this company | |
| | Who sir my lord ye sir withouten ly | |
| | He can of mirthe and eke of iolite | |
| | Nat but ynow also sire trustith me | |
| | And ye hym knew as wel as do I | |
| 50 | Ye wolde wondre how wel and craftely | |
| | He coude worke and that in sondry wyse | |
| | He hath taken on hym meny a gret empryse | |
| | Whiche were ful hard for ony that is here | |
| | To bringe aboute but they of hym lere | |
| 55 | As homely as he ridith amongis yow | |
| | Yf ye hym knew it wolde be for your prow | |
| | Ye wolde not forgon his aqueyntaunce | |
| | For michil good I dar ley in balaunce | |
| | Al that I haue in my possession | |
| 60 | He is a man of hye discrecion | |
| | I warne you he is a passing wyse man | |
| | Wel quod our host tel me yf thou can | |
| | Is he a clerk or none tel me what he is | |
| | A clerk nay nay he is gretter than a clerk ywis | |
| 65 | Sayde this yeman and in wordis fewe | |
