Of his astat, er that he wente,

To make a feste, and thus he sente 1360

Unto the Senatour to come

Upon the morwe and othre some,

To sitte with him at the mete.[644]

This tale hath Couste noght foryete,

Bot to Moris hire Sone tolde

That he upon the morwe scholde

In al that evere he cowthe and mihte

Be present in the kinges sihte,