The worldes good fro covoitise.
So sit it wel in alle wise
A king betwen the more and lesse[1099]
To sette his herte upon largesse
Toward himself and ek also
Toward his poeple; and if noght so,
That is to sein, if that he be
Toward himselven large and fre 2020
And of his poeple take and pile,[1100]
Largesse be no weie of skile