Suppos his largeß ſumquhat pas myſour,
Ne rak he nat, bot frely iffith ay;
[1832] And as he wynyth, beis var al-way
To mych nor ȝhit to gredy that he hold,
Wich ſal the hartis of the puple colde.
Both love and fear spring from liberality.
And low and radour cummyth boith two
[1836] Of larges; Reid and ȝhe ſal fynd It ſo.
Alexander this lord the warld that wan,
Firſt with the ſuerd of larges he began,