Nore no good deid in to the ſamyn degree, Nore no wertew, ſuld wn-Reuardid bee. 1968 [Sidenote: Then flattery, that now is high, should be low.] Than flattry ſhuld, that now is he, be low, And wice from the king{is} court w{i}t{h}-drow; His miniſt{er}is that ſhuld the Iuſtice reull, Shuld kep well furt{h} of quiet & reull, 1972 That now, god wat, as It conſerwit Is, The ſtere is loſt, and al is gon amys; And vertew ſhuld hame to the court hyme dreß, [Fol. 25a.] That exillith goith in to the wild{er}nes. 1976 [Headnote: WISE KINGS MAKE A WISE PEOPLE.] [Sidenote: If a king thus stood like his own degree, his people would be virtuous and wise.] Thus if o king ſtud lyk his awn degree, Wertwis and wyß than ſhuld his puple bee, Only ſet by vertew hyme to pleß, And ſore adred his wiſdom to diſpleß. 1980 And if that he towart the vicis draw, His folk ſall go on to that ilk law; What ſhal hyme pleß that wil no{ch}t ell{is} fynd, Bot ther-apon ſetith al ther mynde. 1984 [Sidenote: Thus the rule of his people and kingdom standeth only in the king’s virtue.] Thus only in the wertew of o king The reull ſtant of his puple & his ringne, If he be wyß and, but diſſemblyng, ſchewis, As I have ſaid, the vicis one to ſchrewis. 1988 And ſo thus, ſ{ir}, It ſtant apone thi will For to omend thi puple, or to ſpill; Or have thi court of vertewis folk, or fullis; [Sidenote: Since thou art wholly master of the schools, teach them, and they shall gladly learn.”] Sen yow art holl maiſt{er} of the ſcoullis 1992 Teichith them, and thei ſal gladly leir, That is to ſay, that thei may no thing heir[T46] Sauf only wertew towart thyn eſtat; And cheriß them that wertews ben algait. 1996 And thinkith what that wertew is to thee; It pleſſith god, vphaldith thi degree.” [Sidenote: Arthur considers his counsel profitable.] “Maiſt{er},” q{uo}d he, “me think ry{ch}t profitable Yowr conſeell Is, and wond{er} honorable 2000 For me, and good; ry{ch}t well I have {con}ſauit, And in myne hart{is} Inwartneß reſauit. I ſhal fulfill and do yowr ordynans Als far of wit as I have ſuffiſans; 2004 Bot y beſeich yow, in til hartly wyß, [Sidenote: He beseeches him to expound his dream,] That of my drem ȝhe ſo to me dewyß, The wich ſo long haith occupeid my mynd, [Sidenote: how he shall only find help through the water-lion, the leech, and the flower.] How that I ſhal no man{er} ſucour fynd 2008 Bot only throw the wattir lyon, & ſyne The leich that is w{i}t{h}outen medyſyne; And of the conſell of the flour; wich ayre