Part 67 (2/2)

Now let we es officers be, And telle we wylle of smaller mene. 604

[Sidenotes: _Of the Receiver of Rents._ [597]: He gives receipts, and gets a fee of 6d. [599] He pays fees to park-keepers, and looks after castles and manor-houses.]

-- De Auenario.[40]

-- e Aueyn{er} schall{e} ordeyn p{ro}uande[41] good won, For o lordys horsis eu{er}ychon; ay schyn haue two cast[42] of hay, A pek of p{ro}uande on a day; 608 Eu{er}y horse schall{e} so muche haue, At racke and mang{er} {a}t standes w{i}t{h} staue.

A mayst{ur} of horsys a squyer[43] {er} is, Aueyn{er} and fero{ur} vnd{ur} hym I-wys; 612 ose ?ome{n} {a}t olde sadels schyn haue, {a}t schyn be last for kny?t and knaue, For yche a hors {a}t ferrour{e}[44] schall{e} scho, An halpeny on day he takes hym to; 616 Vnd{ur} ben gromes and pages mony one, at ben at wage eu{er}ychone; Som at two pons on a day, [Fol. 23.]

and som at iij ob., I ?ou say; 620 Mony of hem fote-me{n} er ben, {a}t renne{n} by e brydels of ladys shene.

[Sidenotes: _Of the Avener._ [605] He shall give the horses in the stable two armsful of hay and a peck of oats, daily. [611]: A Squire is Master of the Horse; under him are Avener and Farrier, (the Farrier has a halfpenny a day for every horse he shoes,) and grooms and pages hired at 2d.

a day, or 3 halfpence, and footmen who run by ladies' bridles.]

[Headnote: OF THE BAKER AND HUNTSMAN.]

-- De pistore.[45]

-- Of o baker now speke y wylle, And wat longes his office vntylle; 624 Of a lunden busch.e.l.l{e} he shall{e} bake xx louys, I vndur-take;

[Text note: [G _Read_ broun, brown.]]

Manchet and chet to make brom[G] bred hard, For chaundeler and grehoundes {and} hu{n}tes reward. 628

[Sidenotes: _Of the Baker._ [625] Out of a London bushel he shall bake 20 loaves, fine and coa.r.s.e.]

-- De venatore {et} suis canib{us}.

-- A halpeny o hunte takes on e day For eu{er}y hounde, o soth{e} to say: o vewt{er}, two cast of brede he tase, Two lesshe of grehoundes yf {a}t he hase; 632 To yche a bone, at is to telle, If I to ?ou e sothe shall{e} spelle; By-syde hys vantage {a}t may be-fall{e}, Of skynnes and o{er} thynges w{i}t{h}-all{e}, 636 at hunt{er}es con tell{e} bett{er} a{n} I, {er}-fore I leue h{i}t wytt[{ur}]ly.

[Sidenotes: _Of the Huntsman and his Hounds._ [629] He gets a halfpenny a day for every hound. [631] The Feuterer 2 lots of bread if he has 2 leash of Greyhounds, and a bone for each, besides perquisites of skins, &c.]

-- De aquario.[46]

-- And speke I wyll{e} of o{er} myster{e} {a}t falles to court, as ?e mu{n} her{e}; 640 An euwer{e} in hall{e} ere nedys to be, And chandelew schall{e} haue and all{e} naper{e}; He schall{e} gef wat{er} to gentilme{n}, And als in all{e} ?ome{n}. 644

[Sidenotes: _Of the Ewerer or Water-bringer._ [641] He has all the candles and cloths and gives water to every one.]

-- Qui d{eb}ent ma.n.u.s lauar{e} {et} i{n} q{u}or{um} domib{us}.

-- In kynges court and dukes also, {er} ?ome{n} schynne wa.s.she and no mo;-- In duke Ionys house a ?oma{n} {er} was, For his rewarde p{ra}yde suche a g{ra}ce; 648 e duke gete graunt {er}-of in londe, Of e kyng his fader, I vndudurstonde.--(_so_) Wosoeuer gefes wat{er} in lordys chaunber, In p{re}sens of lorde or leuede dere, 652 He schall{e} knele downe opon his kne, Ellys he for?etes his curtase; is euwer schall{e} hele his lordes borde, W{i}t{h} dowbull{e} napere at on bar{e} worde: 656 The seluage to o lordes syde w{i}t{h}-i{n}ne, And doun schall{e} heng {a}t o{er} may wynne; o ou{er} nape schall{e} dowbull{e} be layde, To o vttur syde e seluage brade; 660 o ou{er} seluage he schall{e} replye,[47]

As towell{e} h{i}t were fayrest in hye; Browers[48] he schall{e} cast {er}-opon, {a}t e lorde schull{e} clense his fyngers [on], 664 e leuedy and whoseuer syttes w{i}t{h}-inne, All{e} browers schynne haue bothe mor{e} {and} myn.

[Sidenotes: _Who may wash his hands, and where._ [651] The bringer of Water shall kneel down. [655] The Ewerer shall cover the lord's table with a double cloth, the lower with the selvage to the lord's side; the upper cloth shall be laid double, the upper selvage turned back as if for a towel. [664] He shall put on cleaners for every one.]

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