¶ De contrarotulatore. [See the "Countroller of this houshold royall,' H. Ord. p. 58-9.]
¶ The Countrollour shalle wryte to hym,
Taunt resceu, no more I myn;
And taunt dispendu þat same day,
Vncountabulle he is, as y ȝou say.
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¶ De superuisore. [See the duties and allowances of A Surveyour for the Kyng, in Household Ordinances, p. 37.]
¶ Surueour and stuarde also,
Thes thre folke and no mo,
For noȝt resayuen bot euer sene
Þat noþyng fayle and alle be whene;
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Þat þo clerke of kechyn schulde not mys,
Þer-fore þo countrollour, as hafe I blys,
Wrytes vp þo somme as euery day,
And helpes to count, as I ȝou say.
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¶ De Clerico coquine. [See the 'chyef clerke of kychyn,' t. Edw. IV., H. Ord. p. 70; and Henry VIII.'s Clerke of the Kitchen, A.D. 1539, ib. p. 235.]
¶ The clerke of þe cochyn shalle alle þyng breue,
Of men of court, bothe lothe and leue,
Of achatis and dispenses þen wrytes he,
And wages for gromes and ȝemen fre;
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At dressour also he shalle stonde,
And fett forthe mete dresset with honde;
Þe spicery and store with hym shalle dwelle,
And mony thynges als, as I noȝt telle,
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For clethyng of officers alle in fere,
Saue þe lorde hym self and ladys dere.
¶ De cancellario. [The duties of the Chauncellor of Englond are not stated in Edw. IV.'s Liber Niger, H. Ord. p. 29; but one of the two Clerkys of Grene-Clothe was accustomed to 'delyver the clothinge of hous|holde,' p. 61.]
¶ The chaunceler answeres for hor clothyng,
For ȝomen, faukeners, and hor horsyng,
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