William Cunninghame is my name
And for to wryt I thinke no shame.
He may or may not have introduced some lines irregularly written below this:
Earth upon earth bould house and bowrs,
Earth upon earth sayes all is ours.
Earth upon earth when all is wroght,
Earth upon earth sayes all is for nought.
In a somewhat similar hand, at the foot of this page, written in prose order, and with few capitals, run the lines
I hade both money and a frend
as nether thoght nor store