& a coler of cler golde clos vmbe his þrote; [Sidenote: He shall be the third lord in the realm.] He schal be prymate & prynce of pure clergye, & of my þreuenest lordeȝ þe þrydde he schal & of my reme þe rychest to ryde wyth myseluen, 1572 Out-taken bare two & þe{n}ne he þe þrydde.’” [Sidenote: As soon as this cry was upcast, to the hall came clerks out of Chaldea, witches and diviners, sorcerers and exorcists.] Þis cry watȝ vp-caste, & þer comen mony Clerkes out of caldye þat ke{n}nest wer knauen, As þe sage sathrapas þat sorsory couþe; 1576 Wycheȝ & walkyries wo{n}nen to þat sale, Deuinores of demorlaykes þat dremes cowþe rede, Sorsers & exorsism{us} & fele such clerkes; [Sidenote: But after looking on the letters they were as ignorant as if they had looked into the leather of the left boot.] & alle þat loked on þat lett{er} as lewed þay were, 1580 As þay had loked i{n} þe leþ{er} of my lyft bote. Þe{n}ne cryes þe ky{n}g & kerues his wedes; [Sidenote: The king curses them all and calls them churls.] What! he corsed his clerkes & calde hem chorles, [Sidenote: [Fol. 79a.]] [Sidenote: He orders the harlots to be hanged.] To henge þe harlotes he heȝed ful ofte, 1584 So watȝ þe wyȝe wytles, he wed wel ner. [Sidenote: The queen hears the king chide.] Ho herde hy{m} chyde to þe chambre þat watȝ þe chef quene; [Sidenote: She inquires the cause.] When ho watȝ wyt{er}ed bi wyȝes what watȝ þe cause, Suche a chau{n}gande chau{n}ce i{n} þe chef halle, 1588 Þe lady to lauce[83] þat los þat þe lorde hade, [Sidenote: Goes to the king, kneels before him, and asks why he has rent his robes for grief, when there is one that has the Spirit of God, the counsellor of Nebuchadnezzar, the interpreter of his dreams, through the holy Spirit of God.] Glydes dou{n} by þe grece & gos to þe ky{n}g; Ho kneles on þe colde erþe & carpes to hy{m} seluen, Wordes of worchyp wyth a wys speche. 1592 “Kene ky{n}g,” q{uod} þe quene, “kayser of vrþe, Eu{er} laste þy lyf i{n} lenþe of dayes; Why hatȝ þou rended þy robe for redles here-i{n}ne, Þaȝ þose ledes ben lewed lettres to rede, 1596 & hatȝ a haþel i{n} þy holde, as I haf herde ofte, Þat hatȝ þe gostes of god þat gyes alle soþes; His sawle is ful of syence, saȝes to schawe, To open vch a hide þy{ng} of aunt{er}es vn-cowþe; 1600 Þat is he þat ful ofte hatȝ heuened þy fader Of mony ang{er} ful hote w{i}t{h} his holy speche. When nabugo-de-noȝar watȝ nyed i{n} stou{n}des, He de-vysed his dremes to þe dere trawþe, 1604 He keu{er}ed hy{m} w{i}t{h} his cou{n}sayl of caytyf wyrdes; Alle þat he spured hym i{n} space he expowned clene, Þurȝ þe sped of þe spyryt þat sprad hy{m} w{i}t{h}-i{n}ne,