(Transcribed from the Maitland MS. 1622-3.)
1 Eird vpoun eird wonderfull is wrocht,
Eird hes gottin vpoun eird ane dignitie for nocht,
Eird vpoun eird hes sett all his thocht
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How þat[1] eird vpoun eird till hicht may be brocht.
[fol. 44, ro.]
2 Eird vpoun Eird wold fane be ane king,
And how þat eird gois to eird thinkis he nothing.
Quhen eird biddis eird his rentis hame to bring,