| | That he sholde come to saint denys and pley | |
| 60 | With hym and his wyf a day or tweye | |
| | Er he to Briggis wente in alle wyse | |
| | This nobil monk the whiche I you deuyse | |
| | Hath of his abbot as hym list licence | |
| | Be cause he was a man of high prudence | |
| 65 | And eke an Officer out forto ryde | |
| | To se her graungis and her bernys wyde | |
| | And to saint Denys comyth hym anone | |
| | Who was so welcom as my lord dan Iohn | |
| | Our dere cosyn ful of curtesie | |
| 70 | With hym broughte a Iub of maluesie | |
| | And eke another ful of fyn vernage | |
| | And vitayl as was his vsage | |
| | And thus I lete hem drynke ete and pleye | |
| | This Marchaunt and this monk a day or tweye | |
| 75 | The thridde day the Marchaunt vp risith | |
| | And on his nedis sadly hym auisith | |
| | And vp to his countirhous goth he | |
| | To rekene with hym self wel may be | |
| | Of that yeer how that it with hym stood | |
| 80 | And how that he dispendid had his good | |
| | And yf encresid he hadde or none | |
| | His bokis and his baggis many one | |
| | He leyeth beforn hym on his countyng bord | |
| | Ful riche was his tresour and his hord | |
| 85 | For whiche ful fast his countour he shette | |
| | And eke he wolde that noman sholde hym lette | |
| | Of his accountynge for the mene tyme | |
