Mot euery king have this wice in mynd
In tyme, and not when that he ned fynde!
And in thi larges beith war, I pray,
(2) Choose a fitting time.
[1912] Of nedful tyme, for than is beſt alway.
(3) Take care to whom you give.
Awyß the ek quhome to that thow ſalt if,
Of there fam, and ek how that thei leif;
Let not the virtuous and the vicious stand in the same degree.
And of the wertws and wicious folk alſo,