Eird apone eird hes set all his thocht
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How þat[2] eird vpone eird till hicht may be brocht.
2 Eird apone eird wald fayne be a king,
And how þat eird gois to eird thinkis he no thing.
Quhone eird byddis eird his rentis hame to bring,
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Than sall eird haue to eird herd depairting.
3 Eird apon eird wynnis castellis and towris,
Than sayis eird vntill eird: ‘All þir ar owris’.