An fel it so, þat yunge men,
Wel abouten nine or ten,
Bigunnen þe[r] for to layke:
Þider komen bothe stronge and wayke;
Þider komen lesse and more,
Þat in þe borw þanne weren þore;
Strong lads and bondmen are there.
Chaunpiouns, and starke laddes,
Bondemen with here gaddes,
Als he comen fro þe plow;