By hem sulue, and wymmen by hem sulue also þere.
1) Anjou 2) suit Þo hii were echone y-set, as yt to her stat bycom,
Kay, kyng of Aungeo,1) a þousend kynȝtes nome
Of noble men, y-cloþed in ermyne echone,
Of on sywete,2) and seruede as þys noble feste a non.
Bedwer þe botyler, kyng of Normandye,
3) suit 4) forto, in order to 5) before Nom also in ys half a uayr companye
Of on sywyte,3) vorto4) seruy of þe botelerye.
6) noblesse 7) endure By uore5) þe quene yt was also of al suche corteysye,
Vorto telle al þe noblye6) þat þer was y-do,