Als wel a beggere as a lord,

Towardes deth in on acord 2250

Thei schullen stonde.’ And in this wise[431]

The king hath with hise wordes wise

P. i. 118

His brother tawht and al foryive.

Confessor.

Forthi, mi Sone, if thou wolt live

In vertu, thou most vice eschuie,

And with low herte humblesce suie,