Þo towelle dowñ tase by fulle good ryȝt;
Þo cuppe he tase in honde also,
Þo keruer powres wat[er] þe cuppe into;
The knyȝt to þo keruer haldes anon,
He says hit ar he more schalle doñ;
Þo cuppe þen voyde is in þo flette,[51]
Þe euwer hit takes with-outen lette.
The towelle two knyȝhtis schyn halde in fere,
Be-fore þe lordes sleues, þat ben so dere;
The ouer bassyn þay halde neuer þe queder,