To cut opon þe lordes messe;

Smale towelle a-boute his necke shalle bene,

To clens his knyfys þat ben so kene.

[ ¶ De Elemosinario.][52]

¶ The aumenere by þis hathe sayde grace,

And þo almes dysshe hase sett in place;

Þer-in þe keruer a lofe schalle sette,

To serue god fyrst with-outen lette;

Þese oþer lofes he parys a-boute,

Lays hit myd dysshe with-outen doute.