XI.

By the hearth they sit.

And syþen by þe chymné in chamber þay seten.

Wyȝeȝ þe walle wyn weȝed to hem oft,

& efte in her bourdyng þay bayþen in þe morn,

To fylle þe same forwardeȝ þat þay by-fore maden,

Þat chaunce so bytydeȝ hor cheuysaunce to chaunge,

What nweȝ so þay nome, at naȝt quen þay metten

Þay acorded of þe couenaunteȝ byfore þe court alle;

Þe beuerage watȝ broȝt forth in bourde at þat tyme;

Þenne þay louelych leȝten leue at þe last,

Vche burne to his bedde busked bylyue.

Bi þat þe coke hade croweȝ¹ & cakled bot þryse,

Þe lorde watȝ lopen of his bedde, [&] þe leudeȝ vch one,

So þat þe mete & þe masse watȝ metely delyuered;

Þe douthe dressed to þe wod, er any day sprenged,

to chace;

Heȝ with hunte & horneȝ,

Þurȝ playneȝ þay passe in space,

Vn-coupled among þo þorneȝ,

Racheȝ þat ran on race.

¹ crowed (?).