Bot anoyt ȝhit of the kny{ch}t was he, Wich thei awant to have in ſuch dogre. 1588 Ther leif thei tuk; and when at thei war gon, [Sidenote: which the master attributes to God’s providence, and exhorts him, saying,] [T36] ++This maiſt{er} ſaith, “how lykith god diſpone! [Footnote T35: “then” (?).] [Footnote T36: The initial T is illuminated.] Now may yhow ſe {and} ſuth is my recorde; For by hyme now is makith this accord; 1592 And by non vthir worldly p{ro}videns, Sauf only grant of his bynewolans, To ſe if that the lykith to amend, And to p{ro}uid thi cuntre to defend. 1596 Wharfor yow ſhalt in to thi lond home fair, And gowerne the as that I ſhall declaire. [Sidenote: “First, serve God with humble heart, and let the wand of law pass through the land.] Firſt, thi god with humble hart yow ſerfe, [Fol. 20b.] And his comand at al thi my{ch}t obſerf; 1600 And ſyne, lat paß the ilk bleſſit wonde Of lowe w{i}t{h} m{er}cy Iuſtly throw thi londe; And y beſeich--to quhome yow ſal direke The rewle vpone, the wrang{is} to correk-- 1604 That yow be no{ch}t in thi electioune blynde; For writin It Is and yow ſal trew It fynde. That, be thei for to thonk or ell{is} blame, And towart god thi p{ar}t ſhal be the ſam̅; 1608 Of Ignorans ſhalt yow no{ch}t be excuſit, Bot in ther werk{is} ſorly be accuſit, For thow ſhuld eu{er} cheß apone ſich wyß [Sidenote: Thus shalt thou choose the ministers of justice.] The mi{ni}ſteris[T37] that rewll haith of Iustice:-- 1612 [Headnote: HOW TO CHOOSE JUDGES.] Firſt, that he be deſcret til wnd{er}ſtond And lowe and ek the mat{er} of the londe; And be of my{ch}t and ek Autoritee, (For puple ay {con}tempnith low degre,) 1616 And that of trouth he folow furth the way; That is als mych as he louyth trewth alway, And haitith al them the wich ſal pas therfro. Syne, that he god dreid and lowe al-so. 1620 [Sidenote: Avoid avaricious and wrathful men.] Of auerice be-war with the deſyre, And of hyme full of haſtynes {and} fyre; Be-war thar-for of malice and deſire, And hyme alſo that lowith no medyre; 1624 For al this abhomi{n}able was hold, When Iuſtice was in to the tymis olde. For qwho that is of an of thir by-know, The leſt of them ſubu{er}tith all the low, 1628 And makith It w[n]Iustly[T38] to p{ro}cede; [Footnote T37: MS. “mīſteris.”] [Footnote T38: MS. “w Iustly.”] [Headnote: KINGS MUST BE JUST AND TRUE.]