Which mai be betre aboute a king,
Than conseil, which is the substance
Of all a kinges governance. 3890
[Solomon’s Wisdom.]
In Salomon a man mai see
What thing of most necessite
Hic dicit quod populum sibi commissum bene regere super omnia Principi laudabilius est. Et narrat in exemplum qualiter, pro eo quod Salomon, vt populum bene regeret, ab altissimo sapienciam specialius postulauit, omnia bona pariter cum illa sibi habundancius aduenerunt.
Unto a worthi king belongeth.
Whan he his kingdom underfongeth,
God bad him chese what he wolde,