He ys fol welcom, seyd the screffe,

Let os was, and ‘go’ [238] to mete.

As they sat at her methe,

With a nobell cher,

Two of the screffes men gan speke

Off a gret wagèr,

Was made the thother daye,

Off a schotyng was god and feyne,[239]

Off forty shillings, the soyt to saye,

Who scholde thes wager wen.