Then to supper that they were set,
Lords and ladies in their degree;
The steward was set next the duke of France;
An unseemly sight it was to see.
43.
Then bespake the duke of France,
Unto the lord of Learne said he there,
Says, ‘Lord of Learne, if thou’ll marry my daughter,
I’ll mend thy living five hundred pounds a year.’
44.