| | Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe | |
| | And meny a brem and luce in stewe | |
| | Wo was his cook but his sawce were | |
| | Poynant and sharp and redy al his geer | |
| 355 | His tabil dormaunt in his halle alway | |
| | Was redy couered al the longe day | |
| | At sessions ther was he lord and sire | |
| | Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the shire | |
| | A lace and a gipser of silk | |
| 360 | Hyng at his girdil as white as morow mylk | |
| | A shereue hadde he be and a coronour | |
| | Was nowhere suche a worthy vauesour | |
| | A | N habirdassher ther was and acarpenter | |
| | A webbe a dyer and a tapiser | |
| 365 | And they where clothed alle in o lyuere | |
| | Of a solempne and a greet fraternite | |
| | Ful fressh and newe her geer piked was | |
| | Here knyuys chapid were not with bras | |
| | But al with siluer wrought ful clene & wel | |
| 370 | Here girdelis and hir powchis eueridel | |
| | Wel semed eche of hem a fair burgeis | |
| | To sitten in the yeld halle at the deys | |
| | Euerich for the wisedom that he can | |
| | Was happely forto be an aldirman | |
| 375 | For cateill hadde they ynow and rent | |
| | And here wyuys wolde it wel assent | |
| | And ellis certayn they were to blame | |
| | Hit is ful fair to be callyd madame | |
| | And go to vigillis al before | |
