To the mynster dide he fare,
  And of his horse he lighte there. 
  His chapelle[AU] mette hym at[AV] the dore there,
  And wente bifore[AW] hym alle in fere,
  And songe a response[AX] fulle glorivs,
  Quis est magnus dominus. 
  Messe he hirde and offrid thoo,
  And thanne to the Castelle dide he goo. 
  That is a place of rialte,
  And a paleis of grete beaute. 
  There he hym[AY] loggid in the Toune,
  With rialle and grete renoune. 
  And the[AZ] cite dide faste encrece
  Of brede and wyne, fisshe, and fflesshe.[BA]
  And thus oure gracious liege
  Made an ende of his seege. 
  And alle that[BB] haue hirde this redynge[BC]
  To his[BD] blisse criste you brynge,
  That for vs deide vpon[BE] a tre,
  Amen sey[BF] we alle, pur cherite!

There was many a getoun gay.] The following particulars relative to the getoun appear in MS. Harl. 838.  “Euery baronet euery estat aboue hym shal have hys baner displeyd in y’e field yf he be chyef capteyn, euery knyght his penoun, euery squier or gentleman hys getoun or standard.”  “Item, y’e meyst lawfully fle fro y’e standard and getoun, but not fro y’e baner ne penon.”.  “Nota, a stremer shal stand in a top of a schyp or in y’e fore-castel:  a stremer shal be slyt and so shal a standard as welle as a getoun:  a getoun shal berr y’e length of ij yardes, a standard of iii or 4 yardes, and a stremer of xii. xx. xl. or lx. yardes longe.”

This account is confirmed by MS. Harl. 2258, and Lansd. 225. f. 431. as quoted by Mr. Nicholas, in the Retrosp.  Rev. vol. i.  N.S.  The former of these MSS. states:  Euery standard and Guydhome [whence the etymology of the word is obvious] to have in the chief the crosse of St. George, to be slitte at the ende, and to conteyne the creste or supporter, with the posey, worde, and devise of the owner.”  It adds, that “a guydhome must be two yardes and a halfe, or three yardes longe.”  This rule may sometimes have been neglected, at least by artists, for in a bill of expences for the Earl of Warwick, dated July 1437, and printed by Dugdale, (Warw. p. 327.) we find the following entry; “Item, a gyton for the shippe of viij. yerdis long, poudrid full of raggid staves, for the lymnyng and workmanship, ijs.”  The Grant of a guydon made in 1491 to Hugh Vaughan, is preserved in the College of Arms.  It contains his crest placed longitudinally. Retrospective Review, New Series, vol. i. p. 511.

[E] bewesyns.

[F] came.

[G] worthy deest.

[H] A species of banner or streamer.  See Note.

[I] noble.

[J] were.

[K] Trumpeters.

[L] Trumpets.

[M] that.

[N] cryed.

[O] were.

[P] with nose.

[Q] were.

[R] patrons.—­Workmens’ models or figures. Patrone, forme to
    werke by. Prompt.  Parvul.  MS. Harl. 221.  There is probably here
    an allusion to the waxen or wooden effigies placed on the hearse of
    distinguished personages.