The vssher of chambur smallest schalle haue,
[ The stuarde in honde schalle haue a stafe,]
A fyngur gret, two wharters long,
To reule þe meñ of court ymong.
[ ¶ De Ianitore.][14]
¶ The porter falle to kepe þo ȝate,
Þe stokkes with hym erly and late;
Ȝif any mañ hase in court mys-gayne,
To porter warde he schalle be tane,
Þer to a-byde þe lordes wylle,