[44] MS. has “subeiet.”
Whar no prince more ſhall the subiet[44] have,
[1800] But be als dep in to the erd y-grave,
Virtue and honour will alone remain.
Sauf vertew only and worſchip wich abidith;
With them the world apone the laif dewidith;
And if thy successor be liberal, he will be commended of the world;
And if he, wich ſhal eftir the ſucced,
[1804] By larges ſpend, of quhich that yhow had dreid,
He of the world comendit is and priſit,