& þe þryd as þro þronge in þerafter;

Þe ioye of sayn Ioneȝ day watȝ gentyle to here,

& watȝ þe last of þe layk, leudeȝ þer þoȝten.

Þer wer gestes to go vpon þe gray morne,

For-þy wonderly þay woke, & þe wyn dronken,

Daunsed ful dreȝly wyth dere caroleȝ;

At þe last, when hit watȝ late, þay lachen her leue,

Vchon to wende on his way, þat watȝ wyȝe stronge.

Gawan gef hym god-day, þe god mon hym lachcheȝ,

Ledes hym to his awen chambre, þ[e] chymné bysyde,