[Sidenote: Be true and stable in thy words.] ++And of thi wordis beis trew and ſtable, Spek not to mych, nore be not vareable. 1672 O king{is} word ſhuld be o king{is} bonde, And ſaid It is, a king{is} word ſhuld ſtond; O king{is} word, among our fad{er}is old, Al-out more p{re}cious & more ſur was hold 1676 Than was the oth or ſeel of any wight; [Sidenote: A king should be the very light of truth.] O king of trouth ſuld be the werray lyght, So treuth and Iuſtice to o king accordyth. And als, as thir clerk{is} old recordith, 1680 [T41] ++In tyme is larges and humilitee Right well according vnto hie dugre, And pleſſith boith to god and man al-so; Wharfor I wil, in{con}tine{n}t thow go, 1684 [Fol. 21b.] And of thi lond in euery p{ar}t abide, Whar yow gar fet and clep one eu{er}y ſid Out of thi cuntreis, and ek out of thi tovnis, [Sidenote: Invite thy dukes, earls, great barons, thy poor knights, and thy bachelors, and welcome them severally.] Thi duk{is}, erlis, and thi gret baronis, 1688 Thi pur kny{ch}t{is}, and thi bach[e]ler{is}, And them reſauf als hartly as afferis, And be them-ſelf yow welcum them ilkon: Syne, them to glaid and cheris, thee diſpone 1692 With feſting and with humyll {con}tynans. [Footnote T41: The initial I is illuminated; rather because there is here a change of subject than because it begins a new sentence.] [Headnote: KINGS SHOULD CHERISH ALL MEN.] Be not penſyve, nore proud in arrogans, [Sidenote: Keep company not with the rich man only, but with the poor worthy man also.] Bot w{i}t{h} them hold in gladnes cumpany; Not with the Rich nor myghty an{er}ly, 1696 Bot with the pure worthi man alſo, W{i}t{h} them thow ſit, w{i}t{h} them yow ryd and go. I ſay not to be our fameliar, For, as the moſt philoſephur can duclar, 1700 [Sidenote: Yet remember that familiarity breeds contempt.] To mych to oyß familiaritee Contempnyng bryngith one to hie dugre; Bot cherice them w{i}t{h} wordis fair depay{n}t, So with thi pupelle ſal yow the aquay{n}t. 1704 [Sidenote: Choose out of each district an aged knight to be thy counsellor.] Than of ilk cuntre wyſly yow enquere An agit kny{ch}t to be thi conſulere, That haith ben hold in armys Richt fam{us}, Wyß and diſcret, & no thing Inwy{us}; 1708 For there is non that knowith ſo wel, I-wyß, O worthy man as he that worthi Is. [Headnote: KINGS MUST BE LIBERAL.]