To set aside unplesand hevines,

On this and that contempling solitare.

And first occurrit to my remembring

How that I wes in service with the King,

Put to his Grace in yeris tenderest,

Clerk of his Comptis, thoucht I wes inding[591],

With hart and hand and every othir thing

That micht him pleis in ony maner best;

Quhill[592] hie invy me from his service kest

Be thaim that had the Court in governing,