Þer mouthe men se hw grim greu;

Was neuere yete ioie more

In al þis werd, þan þo was þore.

Þer was so mike[105] yeft of cloþes,

Þat þou i swore you grete othes,

I ne wore nouth þer-offe croud:

Þat may i ful wel swere, bi god!

and plenty of meat and wine.

Þere was swiþe gode metes,

And of wyn, þat men fer fetes,