In vttur chambur lies on þe flore.
[ ¶ De seneschallo.][32]
¶ Now speke I wylle of þo stuarde als,
Few ar trew, but fele ar fals.
Þo clerke of kechyn, countrollour,
Stuarde, coke, and surueyour,
Assenten in counselle, with-outen skorne,
How þo lorde schalle fare at mete þo morne.
Yf any deyntethe in countré be,
Þo stuarde schewes hit to þo lorde so fre,