Þ{er}-of at acountes he loued[F] is, 600 And ou{er}-seys castels, man{er}s a-boute, Þ{a}t noȝt falle w{i}t{h}-in ne w{i}t{h}-oute. Now let we þes officers be, And telle we wylle of smaller mené. 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] ¶ Þe Aueyn{er} schall{e} ordeyn p{ro}uande[41] good won, For þo lordys horsis eu{er}ychon; Þay 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} þ{a}t standes w{i}t{h} staue. A mayst{ur} of horsys a squyer[43] þ{er} is, Aueyn{er} and fero{ur} vnd{ur} hym I-wys; 612 Þose ȝome{n} þ{a}t olde sadels schyn haue, Þ{a}t schyn be last for knyȝt and knaue, For yche a hors þ{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, Þat ben at wage eu{er}ychone; Som at two pons on a day, [Fol. 23.] and som at iij ob., I ȝou say; 620 Mony of hem fote-me{n} þer ben, Þ{a}t renne{n} by þe 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 þo baker now speke y wylle, And wat longes his office vntylle; 624 Of a lunden buschell{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 coarse.] ¶ De venatore {et} suis canib{us}. ¶ A halpeny þo hunte takes on þe day For eu{er}y hounde, þo soth{e} to say: Þo vewt{er}, two cast of brede he tase, Two lesshe of grehoundes yf þ{a}t he hase; 632 To yche a bone, þat is to telle, If I to ȝou þe sothe shall{e} spelle; By-syde hys vantage þ{a}t may be-fall{e}, Of skynnes and oþ{er} thynges w{i}t{h}-all{e}, 636 Þat hunt{er}es con tell{e} bett{er} þa{n} I, Þ{er}-fore I leue h{i}t wytt[{ur}]ly.