[Sidenote: Knowest thou not what shall be thy part, when thou passest away from this world?] And knowis yow not what ſall be[T43] thi part, 1796 Out of this world when yow ſal paß the courß? Fair well, I-wyß! yow neu{er} ſhall Recourß Whar no prince more ſhall the subiet[T44] have, But be als dep in to the erd y-grave, 1800 [Sidenote: Virtue and honour will alone remain.] Sauf vertew only and worſchip wich abidith; W{i}t{h} them the world apone the laif dewidith; [Sidenote: And if thy successor be liberal, he will be commended of the world;] And if he, wich ſhal eftir the ſucced, By larges ſpend, of quhich that yhow had dreid, 1804 He of the world comendit is and priſit, And yow ſtant furth of euery thing diſpiſit; The puple ſaith and demyth thus of thee, “Now is he gone, a werray vrech was hee, 1808 And he the wich that is our king and lord Boith wertew haith & larges in accorde; Welcum be he!” and ſo the puple ſoundith. Thus through thi viß his wertew mor aboundith, 1812 [Fol. 23a.] [Sidenote: and his virtue will abound through thy vice.] And his vertew the more thi wice furth ſchawith. Wharfor ȝhe, wich that princes ben y-knawith, Lat not yhour vrechit hart so yhow dant, That he that cu{m}myth next yhow may awant 1816 To be mor larg, nore more to be co{m}mendit; [Footnote T43: MS. has “by.”] [Footnote T44: MS. has “subei^et.”] [[superscript e only]] [Headnote: LIBERAL KINGS WIN SUBJECTS,]