¶ Heere folwen the wordes of the ffrankelyn [folio 127a] to the Squier. and the wordes of the hoost to the ffrankelyn .
IN feith Squier / thow hast thee wel yquit
And gentilly / I preise wel thy wit
Quod the ffrankeleyn / considerynge thy yowthe
So feelyngly thou spekest sire I allowethe
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As to my doom / ther is noon that is heere
Of eloquence / that shal be thy peere
If that thou lyue / god yeue thee good chaunce
And in vertu / sende thee continuaunce
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ffor of thy speche / I haue greet deyntee
I haue a sone / and by the Trinitee
I hadde leuere / than twenty pound worth lond
Though it right now / were fallen in myn hond
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He were a man / of swich discrecion
As that ye been / fy on possession
But if a man / be vertuous with al
I haue my sone snybbed / and yet shal
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ffor he to vertu / listneth nat entende
But for to pleye at dees / and to despende
And lese al that he hath / is his vsage
And he hath leuere / talken with a page
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Than to comune / with any gentil wight
There he myghte lerne gentillesse aright/
¶ Straw for youre gentillesse / quod our hoost
What ffrankeleyn / pardee sire wel thou woost
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That ech of yow / moot tellen atte leste
A tale or two / or breken his biheste
¶ That knowe I wel sire / quod the ffrankeleyn
I prey yow / haueth me nat in desdeyn
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