Gramercy, syr, said he.

“Where is your abbay, whan ye are at home,

And who is your avowè ?”

Saynt Mary abbay, sayd the monke,

Though I be symple here.

In what offyce ? sayd Robyn.

“Syr, the hye selerer.”

Ye be the more welcome, sayd Robyn,

So ever mote I the.

Fyll of the best wyne, sayd Robyn,