"I shall tell, as I have herdOf the byshop Saint Roberd;His tonaine is Grossteste,Of Lyncolne so seyth the geste:He loved moche to here the harpe,For mannes wit it makyth sharpe;Next hys chamber, besyde hys studyHys harper's chamber was fast the by.Many tymes, by nightes and dayes,He hadd solace of notes and layes.On asked hyme the reason whyHe had delyte in mynstrelsy;He answered hym in this manereWhy he held the harpe so dere:The virtu of the harpe, through skyll and ryght,Will destrye the fendy's myght;And to the cros, by gode skeyl,Ys the harpe lykened well."