"Now sir, heng vp þyn ax, þat hat3 in-nogh hewen."
& hit wat3 don abof þe dece, on doser to henge,
Þer alle men for meruayl my3t on hit loke,
& bi trwe tytel þer-of to telle þe wonder.
Þenne þay bo3ed to a borde þise burnes to-geder,
Þe kyng & þe gode kny3t, & kene men hem serued
Of alle dayntye3 double, as derrest my3t falle,
Wyth alle maner of mete & mynstralcie boþe;
Wyth wele walt þay þat day, til worþed an ende,
in londe.