[ ¶ Per quantum tempus armigeri habebunt liberatam et ignis ardebit in aula.]
So longe squiers lyuerés shalle hafe,[16]
Of grome of halle, or ellis his knafe;
But fyre shalle brenne in halle at mete,
[ To Cena domini þat men base ete;]
Þer browȝt schalle be a holyn kene,
Þat sett schalle be in erber grene,
And þat schalle be to alhalawgh day,
And of be skyfted, as y þe say.
In halle marshalle alle men schalle sett