Upon the travail which he doth;

And bothe, forto seie a soth, 4140

Be sondri cause forto have,

If that he wole his regne save,

A king behoveth every day.

That on can and that other mai,

Be so the king hem bothe reule,

For elles al goth out of reule.

[Wisdom in a King’s Council.]

And upon this matiere also