Felle face as þe fyre, & fre of hys speche;

& wel hym semed for soþe, as þe segge þuȝt,

To lede a lortschyp in lee of leudeȝ ful gode.

Þe lorde hym charred to a chambre, & chefly cumaundeȝ2

To delyuer hym a leude, hym loȝly to serue;

& þere were boun at his bode burneȝ in-noȝe,

Þat broȝt hym to a bryȝt boure, þer beddyng watȝ noble,

Of cortynes of clene sylk, wyth cler golde hemmeȝ,

& couertoreȝ ful curious, with comlych paneȝ,

Of bryȝt blaunnier a-boue enbrawded bisydeȝ,