108.

108.4 ‘made the gree,’ paid my dues. (Old French gre, Latin gratum.)

‘Now, good syr abbot, be my frende,

For thy curteysë,

And holde my londës in thy honde

Tyll I have made the gree!

109.

‘And I wyll be thy true servaunte,

And trewely serve the,

Tyll ye have foure hondred pounde