He let commaunde an officer in hy

To take our feith, and shew us, oon by oon,

The statuts of the court full besily.

Anon the book was leid before their y,

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To rede and see what thing we must observe

In Loves Court, till that we dye and sterve.

And, for that I was lettred, there I red

The statuts hole of Loves Court and hall:

The first statut that on the boke was spred,