XIX.
¶ "Quhat kin office art thow in, quhen thow art at hame,
Gif thow dwellis with the Quene, proudest in pane?"
"Ane Chyld of hir Chalmer, Schir, be Sanct Jame,
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And thocht my self it say, maist inwart of ane;
For my dwelling to nicht I dreid me for blame."
"Quhat sal I cal the," said the coilȝear, "quhen thow art hyne gane?"
"Wymond of the Wardrop is my richt Name,
Quhair euer thow findis me befoir the, thi harberie is tane.
And thow will cum to the Court, this I vnderta,
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Thow sall haue for thy Fewaill,
For my saik, the better saill,
And onwart to thy trauaill,
Worth ane laid or twa."
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XX.
¶ He said: "I haue na knawledge quhair the Court lyis,
And I am wonder wa to cum quhair I am vnkend."
"And I sall say thee the suith on ilk syde, I wis,
That thow sall wit weill aneuch or I fra the wend.
Baith the King and the Quene meitis in Paris,
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For to hald thair Ȝule togidder, for scho is efter send.
Thair may thow sell, be ressoun, als deir as thow will prys;
And ȝit I sall help the, gif I ocht may amend,
For I am knawin with Officiaris in cais thow cum thair;
Haue gude thocht on my Name,
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And speir gif I be at hame,
For I suppois, be Sanct Jame,
Thow sall the better fair."
XXI.
¶ "Me think it ressoun, be the Rude, that I do thy rid,
In cais I cum to the Court, and knaw bot the ane.
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Is nane sa gude as drink, and gang to our bed,
For als far as I wait, the nicht is furth gane."
