[T]hat walkyng vas furt{h} in to his Regiou{n}is, And ſoiornyt in his ceteis and his townis, 2444 As he that had of viſdome ſufficyans. [Fol. 30b.] [Sidenote: who obeys the counsel of Amytans,] He kepit the lore of maiſt{er} amytans In ryghtwyſnes, In feſting and larges, In cheriſing cu{m}pany and hamlynes; 2448 For he was biſſy and was deligent, [Sidenote: and gives away largely;] And largly he iffith, and diſpent Rewardis, boith one to the pur & riche, And holdith feſt throw al the ȝher eliche. 2452 [Headnote: ARTHUR’S LIBERALITY.] In al the warld paſſing gan his name, He chargit not bot of encreß and fam̅e, And how his puples hart{is} to empleß; Thar gladnes ay was to his hart moſt eß. 2456 He rakith not of riches nor treſſour, Bot to diſpend one worſchip & honour; He ifith riches, he ifith lond and rent, He cherißyth them w{i}t{h} word{is} eloquent, 2460 [Sidenote: and thus gains his people’s love.] So that thei can them vtraly p{ro}pone In his ſ{er}uice thar lyves to diſpone: So gladith them̅e his homely {con}tynans, His cheriſyng, his wordis of pleſans, 2464 His cumpany, and ek his mery chere, His gret rewardis, and his ift{is} ſere. Thus hath the king non vthir beſynes Bot cheriſing of kny{ch}t{is} and largeß, 2468 To mak hyme-ſelf of honour be {com}mend; And thus the ȝher he drywith to the ende. EXPLICIT SECUNDA P{AR}S, INCIPIT T{ER}CIA P{AR}S. [Headnote: THE TRUCE DRAWS TO A CLOSE.] [BOOK III.]