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34 Hawe chosyn yhowe a kyng þat mycht Hawe haldyn welle yhoure land at rycht. Walis ensawmpill mycht hawe bene, To yhow, had yhe It before sene. Quha will be oþir hym-selff chasty Wyß men sayis, he is happy, And perylowß thyngis may fall perfay, Als well to-morne as yhystyr-day Bot yhe trastyd in lawté, As Sympil folk but mawvite, And wyst noucht quhat suld efftyr tyde; For in þis warld þat is sa wyd, Is nane determyne may, na sall Knaw thyngis þat ar for to fall: For God, þat is off mast powsté Reßerwyt þat till hys Maiesté.

Quhen Alexander þe king wes deid, That Scotland haid to steyr and leid, The land vj ȝer, and mayr perfay, Lay desolat eftyr hys day; Till þat be barnage at þe last Assemblyt þaim, and fayndyt fast To cheyß a king þar land to ster, Þat off awncestry cummyn wer Off kingis, þat aucht þat reawte And mayst had rycht bair king to be. Bot enwy, bat is sa feloune, Maid amang bairn gret discencioun. «» o « « A! blynd folk full of all foly! Haid ȝe wmbethocht ȝow enkrely, Quhat perell to ȝow mycht apper, Ȝe had nocht wrocht on that maner: Haid ȝe tane keip how at þat king Alwayis, for-owtyn soiournyng, Trawayllyt for to wyn senȝhory, And throw his mycht till occupy Landis, þat war till him marcheand, As walis was, and als Ireland;