Ȝe ben ryche in a whyle,
Such chaffer & ȝe drowe."
XXI.
Tables are raised aloft, 1648
Þenne þay teldet tableȝ [on] trestes alofte,
Kesten cloþeȝ vpon, clere lyȝt þenne
Wakned bi woȝeȝ, waxen torches
Seggeȝ sette, & serued in sale al aboute;
Much glam & gle glent vp þer-inne,
Aboute þe fyre vpon flet, & on fele wyse,