[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,