That falls to court, as ye may hear.
An ewerer in hall there needs to be,
And candles shall have and all napery.
He shall give water to gentlemen,
And also to all yeomen,
“Qui debent manus lavare et in quorum domibus,”[[285]]
In king’s court and duke’s also,
There yeomen shall wash and no mo.
In Duke John’s[[286]] house a yeoman there was
For his reward prayed such a grace.