Yf thow be gentylmon, ȝomon, or knaue,
The nedis nurture for to haue.
Wheñ thou comes to a lordis ȝate,
The porter þou shalle fynde ther-ate;
Take hym thow shalt þy wepyn tho,
And aske hym leue in to go
¶ To speke with lorde, lady, squyer, or grome.
Ther-to the nedys to take the tome[1];
For yf he be of loghe degre,
Than hym falles to come to the;