Stanzas XVII–XXIV

XVII
Item, my gloves and silken hood
My friend Jacques Cardon, I declare,
Shall have in fair free gift for good ;
Also the acorns willows bear
And every day a capon fair
Or goose ; likewise a tenfold vat
Of chalk-white wine, besides a pair
Of lawsuits, lest he wax too fat.

XVIII
Item, a leash of dogs I give
To young Rene de Montigny;
And let Jehan Raguyer receive
One hundred francs, shall levied be
On all my goods. But soft ; to me
Scant gain therefrom I apprehend :
One should not strip one's own, perdie,
Nor over-ask it of one's friend.

XIX
Item, to Baron de Grigny
The ward and keeping of Nygeon,
With six dogs more than Montigny,
And Bicetre, castle and donjon;
And to that scurvy knave Changon,
A spy that holds him still in strife,
Three strokes of withy well laid on
And prison-lodging all his life.

XX
Item, I leave Jacques Raguyer
The ' Puppet' Cistern, peach and pear,
Perch, chickens, custards, night and day,
At the Great Figtree choice of fare
And eke the Fircone Tavern, where
He may sit, cloaked in cloth of frieze,
Feet to the fire and back to chair,
And let the world wag at his ease.

XXI
Item, to John the foul of face
And Peter Tanner I devise,
By way of gift, that baron's grace
That punishes all felonies ;
To Fournier, my proctor wise,
Leather cut out for caps and shoes,
That now at the cordwainer's lies,
For him these frosty days to use.

XXII
The Captain of the Watch, also,
Shall have the Helmet, in full right ;
And to the crimps, that cat-foot go,
A-fumbling in the stalls by night,
I leave two rubies, clear and bright,
The Lantern of La Pierre au Lait.
'Deed, the Three Lilies have I might,
Haled they me to the Chitelet.

XXIII
To Pernet Marchand, eke, in fee,
(Bastard of Bar by sobriquet)
For that a good-cheap man is he,
I give three sheaves of straw or hay,
Upon the naked floor to lay
And so the amorous trade to ply,
For that he knows no other way
Or art to get his living by.

XXIV
Item, to Chollet I bequeath
And Loup, a duck, once in a way
Caught as of old the walls beneath
Upon the moat, towards end of day ;
And each a friar's gown of gray —
Such as fall down beneath the knees —
My boots with uppers worn away,
And charcoal, wood, bacon and peas.