His grace and mercy forto fonde

Uppon my bare knes y preie,

That he this loud in siker weie

Wol sette uppon good governance.[1783]

For if men takyn remembrance

What is to live in unite,[1784]

Ther ys no staat in his degree 2990

That noughte to desire pes,

With outen which, it is no les,

To seche and loke in to the laste,