[Sidenote: Eschew unfit men, for this shall be thy meed in the day of judgment.] Eſchew tharfor, for this ſal be thi meid Apone the day when al thing goith aright, Whar none excuß hidyng ſchal ye lyght; 1632 But he the Iug, that no man may ſuſſpek, Eu{er}y thing ful Iuſtly ſal correk. Be-war thar-w{i}t{h}, as before have I told, And cheß them wyſly that thi low ſhal hold. 1636 And als I will that it well oft be sen, Richt to thi-self how thei thi low {con}ten; [Sidenote: Be diligent to inquire how judgment is given.] And how the Right, and how the dom is went, For to Inquer that yow be delygent. 1640 And punyß for, for o thing ſhal yow know, [Fol. 21.] The most treſpas is to ſubuert the low, So that yow be not in thar gilt accuſit, And frome the froit of bliſſit folk refuſit. 1644 [Sidenote: Visit every chief town throughout the bounds of thy kingdom.] And pas yow ſhalt to euery chef toune, Throw-out the boundis of thi Regioune Whar yow ſall be, that Iuſtice be Elyk With-out diuiſione baith to pur {and} ryk. 1648 And that thi puple have [ane] awdiens W{i}t{h} thar complant{is}, and alſo thi p{rese}ns; For qwho his eris frome the puple ſtekith, And not his hond in ther ſupport furth rekith, 1652 His dom ſall be ful grewous & ful hard, When he ſal cry and he ſal no{ch}t be hard. [Sidenote: Give thine ears to the poor.] Wharfor thyne eris ifith to the pwre, Bot in redreß of ned, & not of i{n}Iure; 1656 Thus ſall thei don of Reſſone & knawlag. [Sidenote: Kings, while minors, may be excused; but, when of age, they must punish those that have wrested justice.] ++But king{is} when thei ben of tend{er} ag, Y wil not ſay I traſt thei ben excuſit, Bot ſchortly thei ſall be ſar accuſit, 1660 When ſo thei cum to yheris of Reſone, If thei tak not full contriſioune, And pwnyß them that hath ther low myſgyit. That this is trouth it may not be denyit; 1664 For vther ways thei ſal them not diſcharg, [Excep thei pwnyß them that have the charg][T39] One eſtatis of ther realm, that ſhold W{i}t{h}-in his ȝouth ſe that his low be hold.[T40] 1668 [Sidenote: Temper justice with mercy.] And thus thow the, w{i}t{h} mercy, kep alway Of Iuſtice furt{h} the ilk bleſſit way. [Footnote T39: A blank space here occurs, just sufficient to contain one line.] [Footnote T40: MS. “behold.”]