Þe grayn al of grene stele & of golde hewen,
Þe bit burnyst bryȝt, with a brod egge,
As wel schapen to schere as scharp rasores;
Þe stele of a stif staf þe sturne hit bi-grypte,
Þat watȝ wounden wyth yrn to þe wandeȝ ende,
& al bigrauen with grene, in gracios1 werkes;
A lace lapped aboute, þat louked at þe hede,
& so after þe halme halched ful ofte,
Wyth tryed tasseleȝ þerto tacched in-noghe,
On botounȝ of þe bryȝt grene brayden ful ryche.