To heuen crist mot oure saules flyt!
[ THE THIRD BOOK.]
¶ De officiarijs in curijs dominorum.
Now speke we wylle of officiers
Of court, and als of her mestiers.
Foure men þer beñ þat ȝerdis schalle bere,
Porter, marshalle, stuarde, vsshere;
The porter schalle haue þe lengest wande,
The marshalle a schorter schalle haue in hande;