And if he paſſith ſo far out of the wey, 1896 [Sidenote: and if he oppresses them whom he should rule,] Them to oppreß, that he ſhuld reul & gid, Ther heritag, there gwdis to dewide, Ye, wnd{er} whome that he moſt nedis ſtond, [Sidenote: God shall stretch His mighty hand for correction.] At correccioune ſal ſtrek his my{ch}ty hond, 1900 Not euery day, bot ſhal at onys fall On hyme, mayhap, and his ſucceſcione all. [Sidenote: Herein, alas! is the blindness of kings.] In this, allace! the blynd{is} of the king{is}, And Is the fall of princ{is} and of Rygnis. 1904 The moſt wertew, the gret Intellegens, [Sidenote: The blessed token of a king’s wisdom is for him to restrain his hand from his people’s riches.] The bleſſit tokyne of wyſdom and prudens Iſß, in o king, for to reſtren his honde Frome his pupleis Riches & ther lond. 1908 Mot euery king have this wice i{n} mynd In tyme, and not when that he ned fynde! And in thi larges beith war, I pray, [Sidenote: (2) Choose a _fitting time_.] Of nedful tyme, for than is beſt alway. 1912 [Sidenote: (3) Take care _to whom_ you give.] Awyß the ek quhome to that thow ſalt if, Of there fam, and ek how that thei leif; [Sidenote: Let not the virtuous and the vicious stand in the same degree.] And of the wertws and wicious folk alſo, I the beſeich dewidith well thir two, 1916 So that thei ſtond no{ch}t in[to] o degree; Diſcreccioune ſall mak the diu{er}ſitee, Wich clepith the mod{er} of al vertewis. [Headnote: FLATTERERS SUCCEED WHEN KINGS ARE FOOLISH.]