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.

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