As wel schapen to schere as scharp rasores;

Þe stele of a stif staf þe sturne hit bi-grypte,

Þat wat3 wounden wyth yrn to þe wande3 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 tassele3 þerto tacched in-noghe,

On botoun3 of þe bry3t grene brayden ful ryche.

Þis haþel helde3 hym in, & þe halle entres,

Driuande to þe he3e dece, dut he no woþe,