3.3,4 A popular proverb; see The Lord of Learne, 39.3,4 (Second Series, p. 190).

To be a king, it is a pleasant thing,

To be a prince unto a peer;

But you have heard, and so have I too,

A man may well buy gold too dear.

4.

There was an Italian in that place

Was as well beloved as ever was he;

Lord David was his name,

Chamberlain unto the queen was he.