[Sidenote: Sometimes a Marshal is puzzled by Lords of royal blood being poor, and others not royal being rich;] ++Now, soñ, y p{er}ceue þat for dyu{er}se cawses / as well{e} as for ignorau{n}ce, a m{er}chall{e} is put oft tymes in gret comberaunce For som lord{es} þat ar of blod royall{e} / & litell{e} of lyvelode p{er} chaunce, and some of gret lyvelode / & no blode royall{e} to avaunce; 1088 [Sidenote: also by a Lady of royal blood marrying a knight, and _vice versâ_. The Lady of royal blood shall keep her rank; the Lady of low blood shall take her husband’s rank.] And som knyght is weddid / to a lady of royall{e} blode, and a poor{e} lady to blod ryall{e}, manfull{e} & myghty of mode: þe lady of blod royall{e} shall{e} kepe þe state / þat she afor{e} in stode, the lady of low blode & degre / kepe her lordis estate, y make h{i}t good. 1092 [Sidenote: Property is not so worthy as royal blood, so the latter prevails over the former, for royal blood may become King.] The substau{n}ce of lyvelode is not so digne / as is blode royall{e}, Þ{er}for{e} blode royall{e} opteyneth þe sou{er}eynte in chambur & in hall{e}, For blode royall{e} somtyme tiȝt to be kyng{e} in pall{e}; of þe which{e} mater{e} y meve no more: let god gou{er}ne all{e}! 1096 [Sidenote: The parents of a Pope or Cardinal must not presume to equality with their son,] ++There as pope or cardynall{e} in þeir{e} estate beyng{e}, þat hañ fadur & mod{ur} by their{e} dayes lyvyng{e}, þeir{e} fadur or modir ne may in any wise be p{re}sumyng{e} to be egall{e} w{i}t{h} their{e} soñ standyng{e} ne sittyng{e}: 1100 [Sidenote: and must not want to sit by him, but in a separate room.] Therfor{e} fadir ne moder / þey owe not to desire to sytte or stond by þeyr{e} son / his state will{e} h{i}t not requir{e}, but by þem self / a chambur assigned for them sur{e}, Vn-to whom vche office ought gladly [Fol. 187b.] to do plesur{e}. 1104 [Sidenote: A Marshal must look to the rank of every estate,] To the birth{e} of vche estate a m{er}shall{e} must se, and þeñ next of his lyne / for þeyr{e} dignyte; þen folowyng{e}, to officers affter{e} þeir{e} degre, As chaunceler{e}, Steward / Chamburleyñ / tresorer{e} if he be: 1108 [Sidenote: and do honour to _foreign visitors_ and residents.] Mor{e} ou{er} take hede he must / to aliene / co{m}mers straungeres, and to straungers of þis land, resi[d]ent dwelleres, and exalte þem to honour{e} / if þe be of honest maneres; þeñ all{e} oþ{er} aft{ur} þeir{e} degre / like as cace requeres. 1112 [Sidenote: A well-trained Marshal should think beforehand where to place strangers at the table.]