[Sidenote: The Lord commands them to go out into the fields, and bring in the halt, blind, and “one-eyed.”] Sayde þe lorde to þo ledeȝ, “layteȝ ȝet ferre, Ferre out i{n} þe felde, & fecheȝ mo gesteȝ, Wayteȝ gorsteȝ & greueȝ, if ani gomeȝ lyggeȝ, What-kyn folk so þer fare, fecheȝ hem hider, 100 Be þay fers, be þay feble for-loteȝ[5] none, Be þay hol, be þay halt, be þay onyȝed, & þaȝ þay ben boþe blynde & balt{er}ande cruppeleȝ, [Sidenote: For those who denied shall not taste “one sup” to save them from death.] Þat my ho{us} may holly by halkes by fylled; 104 For certeȝ þyse ilk renkeȝ þat me renayed habbe & de-nou{n}ced me, noȝt now at þis tyme, Schul neu{er} sitte in my sale my sop{er} to fele, Ne suppe on sope of my seve, þaȝ[6] þay swelt schulde.” 108 [Sidenote: [Fol. 58b.]] [Sidenote: The palace soon became full of “people of all plights.”] The{n}ne þe sergau{n}teȝ, at þat sawe, swengen þ{er}-oute, & diden þe dede þat [is] demed, as he deuised hade, & w{i}t{h} peple of alle plyteȝ þe palays þay fyllen; [Sidenote: They were not all one wife’s sons, nor had they all one father.] Hit weren not alle on wyueȝ su{n}eȝ, wonen w{i}t{h} on fader; 112 Wheþ{er} þay wern worþy, oþ{er} wers, wel wern þay stowed, [Sidenote: The “brightest attired” had the best place.] Ay þe best byfore & bryȝtest atyred, Þe derrest at þe hyȝe dese þat dubbed wer fayrest; [Sidenote: Below sat those with “poor weeds.”] & syþen on lenþe biloogh{e} ledeȝ inogh, 116 & ay a segge soerly[7] semed by her wedeȝ; So with marschal at her mete mensked þay were, Clene men i{n} compaynye for-knowen wern lyte, [Sidenote: All are well entertained “with meat and minstrelsy.”] & ȝet þe symplest in þ{a}t sale watȝ serued to þe fulle, 120 Boþe with menske, & w{i}t{h} mete & mynstrasy noble, & alle þe laykeȝ þat a lorde aȝt i{n} londe schewe. [Sidenote: Each with his “mate” made him at ease.] & þay bigo{n}ne to be glad þat god dri{n}k haden, & vch mon w{i}t{h} his mach made hy{m} at ese. 124 [Sidenote 1: _aywhere_ (?).] [Sidenote 2: Looks like _burre_ in MS.] [Sidenote 3: _swer_ (?).] [Sidenote 4: MS. _plate_.] [Sidenote 5: _forleteȝ_ (?).] [Sidenote 6: MS. þaȝ þaȝ.] [Sidenote 7: _soberly_ (?).] [Headnote: THE MAN WITHOUT A WEDDING GARMENT.] II.