Yclept Commissioners.”

The Duke he hied him to the board,

And straight ’gan for to say,

“A seely[[29]] wight I am, God wot,

Ne ken I the right way.

“These varlets twenty-five were ne’er

Liveried in white and red;

Withouten this, what signifie

Wages, and board, and bed?

“And by St. George, that stout horseman,