[Folly of Rehoboam.]
After the deth of Salomon,
Whan thilke wise king was gon,
Hic dicit quod Seniores magis experti ad Principis consilium admittendi pocius existunt. Et narrat qualiter, pro eo quod Roboas Salomonis filius et heres senium sermonibus renuncians dicta iuuenum preelegit, de xii. tribubus Israel a dominio suo x. penitus amisit, et sic cum duabus tantummodo illusus postea regnauit.
And Roboas in his persone
Receive scholde the corone, 4030
The poeple upon a Parlement[1322]
Avised were of on assent,
And alle unto the king thei preiden,
With comun vois and thus thei seiden: