[Fol. 25 a.]

And vertew ſhuld hame to the court hyme dreß,

[1976] That exillith goith in to the wildernes.

WISE KINGS MAKE A WISE PEOPLE.

If a king thus stood like his own degree, his people would be virtuous and wise.

Thus if o king ſtud lyk his awn degree,

Wertwis and wyß than ſhuld his puple bee,

Only ſet by vertew hyme to pleß,

[1980] And ſore adred his wiſdom to diſpleß.

And if that he towart the vicis draw,