"My lorde & his ledeȝ ar on lenþe faren,

er burneȝ in her bedde, & my burdeȝ als,

Þe dor drawen, & dit with a derf haspe;

& syþen I haue in þis hous hym þat al lykeȝ,

I schal ware my whyle wel, quyl hit lasteȝ,

with tale;

Ȝe ar welcum to my cors,

Yowre awen won to wale,

Me be-houeȝ of fyne force,

Your seruaunt be & schale."