| | In hope to stonden in his ladies grace | |
| | Enbrowded was he as it were a mede | |
| 90 | Al ful of fressh flouris white and rede | |
| | Syngynge he was or floytynge al day | |
| | He was as fressh as is the moneth of may | |
| | Short was his gowne with sleuys longe & wyde | |
| | Wel couthe he sitte on hors & therto fair ryde | |
| 95 | He couthe song make and wel endyte | |
| | Iuste and daunce portreye and eke wryte | |
| | So hote he loued that by nyghtertale | |
| | He slepte nomore than a nyghtyngale | |
| | Curteys he was lowly and seruisabyl | |
| 100 | He carf beforn his fader at the tabyl | |
| | A | Yeman hadde he and seruauntis nomo | |
| | At that tyme for he list to ryde so | |
| | And he was cled in cote and hood of grene | |
| | A sheef of arowes bright and shene | |
| 105 | Vnder his belt he baar ful thriftely | |
| | Wel coude he dresse his takyl yomanly | |
| | His arowis drouped not with fetheris lowe | |
| | And in his hond he baar a mighty bowe | |
| | A not hed he hadde with a broun visage | |
| 110 | Of wodemannes craft coude he al the vsage | |
| | Op on his arme he bare agay bracer | |
| | And by his side a swerd and a bokeler | |
| | And on that other side a gay daggare | |
| | Harneysed wel and sharp as poynt of spere | |
| 115 | A Cristofir on his brest ful shene | |
| | An horn he baar the bawdryk grene | |
