Firſt, that he be deſcret til wnderſtond
And lowe and ek the mater of the londe;
And be of mycht and ek Autoritee,
[1616] (For puple ay contempnith low degre,)
And that of trouth he folow furth the way;
That is als mych as he louyth trewth alway,
And haitith al them the wich ſal pas therfro.
[1620] Syne, that he god dreid and lowe al-so.
Avoid avaricious and wrathful men.
Of auerice be-war with the deſyre,