In absence of stuarde he shalle arest
Who so euer is rebelle in court or fest;
Ȝomon-vsshere, and grome also,
Vndur hym ar þes two:
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Þo grome for fuelle þat schalle brenne
In halle, chambur, to kechyn, as I þe kenne,
He shalle delyuer hit ilke a dele,
In halle make fyre at yche a mele;
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Borde, trestuls, and formes also,
Þe cupborde in his warde schalle go,
Þe dosurs cortines to henge in halle,
Þes offices nede do he schalle;
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Bryng in fyre on alhalawgh day,
To condulmas euen, I dar welle say.
¶ Per quantum tempus armigeri habebunt liberatam et ignis ardebit in aula.
So longe squiers lyuerés shalle hafe, [Edward IV.'s Esquiers for the Body, IIII, had 'for wynter lyverey from All Hallowentide (Nov. 1) tyll Estyr, one percher wax, one candell wax, ij candells Paris, one tallwood and dimid|ium, and wages in the countyng-house.' H. Ord. p. 36. So the Bannerettes, IIII, or Bacheler Knights [page 32] , who are kervers and cupberers, take 'for wynter season, from Allhallowentyde till Estyr, one tortays, one percher, ii candelles wax, ii candelles Paris, ii talwood, ii faggotts,' and rushes, litter, all the year; which the Esquiers have too. The Percy household allowance of Wax was cciiij score vij lb. dimid. of Wax for th' expensys of my House for oone hole Yere. Viz. Sysez, Pryketts, Quarions, and Torches after ix d. the lb. by estimacion; p. 12.]
Of grome of halle, or ellis his knafe;
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But fyre shalle brenne in halle at mete,
To Cena domini þat men hase ete;
Þer browȝt schalle be a holyn kene, [folio 19]
Þat sett schalle be in erber grene,
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And þat schalle be to alhalawgh day,
And of be skyfted, as y þe say.
In halle marshalle alle men schalle sett
After here degré, with-outen lett. [The Liber Niger of Edw. IV. assigns this duty to one of the Gentylmen Usshers. H. Ord. p. 37.]
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