Þe dor drawen, & dit with a derf haspe;
& syþen I haue in þis hous hym þat al lyke3,
I schal ware my whyle wel, quyl hit laste3,
with tale;
3e ar welcum to my cors,
Yowre awen won to wale,
Me be-houe3 of fyne force,
Your seruaunt be & schale."
1 This word is illegible in the MS.