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<L 1> THE BUKE OF THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE
PROLOGUS    ( 1 )
HERE BEGYNNYS THE FIRST CHAPITRE OF THE BUKE ( 4 )
THE SECUND CHAPITER   ( 11 )
THE THRID CHAPITRE   ( 18 )
THE FERDE CHAPITRE   ( 34 )
THE FYFT CHAPITER   ( 41 )
THE SEXT CHAPITRE   ( 44 )
THE SEVYNT CHAPITRE   ( 52 )
THE AUCHTAND CHAPITRE   ( 66 )
<P 10006>
<L 1> THE BUKE OF THE GOVERNAUNCE OF PRINCIS
HERE BEGYNNIS THE BUKE CALLIT THE BUKE OF THE
GOVERNAUNCE OF PRINCIS (ETC ET PRIMO TABULA)( 71 )
HERE BEGYNNIS THE BUKE CALLIT THE BUKE OF THE
GOVERNAUNCE OF PRINCIS THAT IS CALLIT THE
SECRETE OF SECRETIS MAID BE ARISTOTYLL TILL
ALEXANDER THE GRAND AND FIRST THE PROLOUG
AS IT IS CONTENYT IN THE FRAUNCH BUKE ( 74 )
THE FIRST CHAPITER IS HOW THARE IS FOUR MANERIS
OF KINGIS
HOW AVARICE AND FULL LARGESS SULD BE ESCHEWIT IN
A KING     ( 83 )
HOW PRINCIS AND KINGIS SULD SETT THAME FOR GUDE
RENOUN HERE    ( 85 )
HOW THAI SULD ESCHEW ALL OUTRAGES CARNALL LUSTIS
AND APPETITIS    ( 88 )
QUHAT KYNDE OF SAPIENCE EFFEIRIS TO KINGIS PRINCIS
AND GRETE LORDIS   ( 89 )
QUHAT KYN HABIT ANOURNEMENT AND CLETHING THAI
SULD HAVE    ( 92 )
HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS SULD PUNISS MYSDOARIS AND
HONOUR GUDE MEN   ( 94 )
HOW THAI SULD HAVE IN THAME JUSTICE AND EQUITEE
WITH MERCI    ( 95 )
QUHAT KYN PLESANCE DEDUYTIS AND RECREACIOUNS
PRINCIS SULD TAK   ( 96 )
HOW PUNICIOUN SULD BE MAID EFTIR THE CASS AND
STATE OF PERSONIS   ( 98 )
HOW PRINCIS MAY BE LYKENYT TO THE DEW OF THE HEVYN ( 100 )
HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS AR OF THE SAMYN NATURE
WITH SYMPLE MEN   ( 101 )
HOW THAI SULD DELYTE THAME IN BUKIS OF STORIES
OF VIRTUES AND VICES AND OF OTHER HONORABLE
DEDIS OF ALDE ANCESTRY AND OF WISDOME ( 103 )
<P 10007>
<L 1> HOW THAI SULD KEPE GUDE FAITH AND LAUTEE TILL
ALL MANKYNDE EVER   ( 104 )
HOW PRINCIS SULD FOUND SCOLIS AND STUDYES OF
SCIENCIS IN THAIR COUNTREIS  ( 106 )
HOW THAI SULD NOCHT GOVERNE THAME BE WOMEN NA
TROW THAIR COUNSALE   ( 108 )
HOW THAI SULD NOCHT TRAIST ANERLY IN A MEDICYNE
BUT MA     ( 109 )
HOW PRINCIS SULD GOVERNE THAME BE A WYS CLERK
EXPERT IN ASTRONOMY   ( 110 )
OF THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND OF THE DIVISIOUN
OF IT     ( 113 )
HOW PRINCIS SUD ATOUR ALL THING TAK KEPE TO
THAIR HELE    ( 114 )
HOW AND IN QUHAT MANER THAI SULD GOVERNE THAIR
HELE KEPING    ( 115 )
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR CERTAIN DOCUMENTIS
OF MEDICYN    ( 117 )
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR CERTANE SECRETE
DOCUMENTIS OF MEDICYNE   ( 120 )
HERE DECLARIS HE THE FOUR RATHIS OF THE ZERE
AND FIRST OF VER ( ETC  127 )
AND FIRST OF THE KYNDE OF THE SESOUN OF SOMER ( 129 )
AND SYNE OF THE THRID SESOUN THAT IS CALLIT
HERVIST    ( 130 )
AND SYNE OF THE NATURE OF THE WYNTER  ( 131 )
QUHAT THINGIS FATTIS OR LENYS MEN MAIST ( 133 )
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR ANE OTHER POYNT
OF MEDICYNE    ( 135 )
QUHAT KYNDIS OF METIS ARE BEST FOR MAN ( 137 )
OFF SUNDRY KYNDIS OF WATERIS AND THAIR NATURIS  ( 138 )
OFF SUNDRY KYNDIS OF WYNIS AND THAIR NATURIS ( 140 )
OFF BATHIS AND STUPHIS AND THAIR GOVERNAUNCE AND
PROUFFITIS    ( 142 )
QUHAT JUSTICE EFFERIS TILL A PRINCE OR A KING ( 144 )
HOW A KING OR A PRINCE SULD KEN HIM SELF  ( 147 )
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<L 1> HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS SULD GOVERNE BE GRETE
COUNSALE    ( 150 )
HOW THE MAN IS MAID OF THE FOUR ELEMENTIS ( 156 )
HOW PRINCIS SULD HAVE DISCRETE SECRETARIS ( 161 )
HOW THAI SULD HAVE DISCRETE AND TRAIST MESSAGERIS ( 162 )
HOW THE PRINCE AND PEPLE AR COMPARIT TILL A
GARDYN     ( 163 )
<P 1>
(HEAD) THE BUKE OF THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE
PROLOGUS(END OF HEAD)
<L 1> AT THE HONOUR AND THE REVERENCE OF GOD ALMICHTY
HIS GLORE AND LOVYNG OF HIS PROVIDENCE THE QUHILK IS
SOVERANE LORD AND SYRE ( DE TOUTES CHOSES ) OF ALL THINGIS
IN HEVYN AND IN ERDE WE BEGYN HERE THE BUKE OF
THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE FOR TO SCHAW HOW, BE THE
SEMBLAUNCE OF THE HYE ALMYCHTY PRINCE OF HEVIN
QUHILK HAS DOMINACIOUN AND SEIGNOURY APON THE (VIJ )
PLANETIS OF THE HEVYN THE QUHILKIS SEVIN PLANETIS
MAKIS ALL THE COURSE OF THE HEVYN AND GOVERNIS THE
INFLUENCES CELESTIALES AND HAS POWER APON THE ORDINANCIS
OF ALL ERDELY CORPORALE THINGIS AND TO SCHAW
THAT AS KINGIS AND PRINCIS HAS DOMINACIOUN AND
SEIGNOURY HERE APON ALL KNYCHTIS, SA SULD KNYCHTIS
HAVE DOMINACIOUN AND SEIGNOURYE SUBORDINATE OF THE
PRINCIS AND LORDIS BEHALVE, BE SEMBLAUNCE OF SYK LIKE
FIGURE APON THE SMALL PEPLE TO GOVERNE REUGLE AND
DEFEND THAME IN ALL THAIR NECESSITEIS THE QUHILK BUKE
IS DEVIDIT IN FERE PARTIES AS SALL EFTERWART APPERE BE
THE DECLARACIOUN OF THE CHAPITRES EFTER FOLOWAND
<P 2>
<L 1> HERE FOLOWIS THE DECLARACIOUN OF THE RUBRIKIS
EFTIR THE PARTIES OF THE BUKE
(MARG) ( PRIMUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 3> THE FYRST CHAPITER IS HOW A BACHELER SQUYER OF
HONOUR PASSIT TILL A GRETE SEMBLEE OF LORDIS AT A
KINGIS CROUNYNG IN ENTENCIOUN TO TAK THE ORDER OF
KNYCHTHEDE AND HOW HE FORVAYIT AND WILLIT IN A
WILDERNESS QUHARE THARE WAS ANE ALDE KNYCHT DUELLAND
IN ANE HERMYTAGE THAT HAD TANE HIM FRA THE WARLD
TO LYVE IN CONTEMPLACIOUN OF ALMYCHTY GOD TO MEND
HIS LYF AND MAK GUDE END ( ETC ) AND HOW THE
WORTHY ANCIENE KNYCHT TECHIT THE SQUYER THE POYNTIS
OF HONOUR AND PROPRIETEIS PERTENAND TO THE SAID
ORDRE ( ETC )
QUHAT THE SECUND CHAPITER CONTENIS ( SEQUITUR )
(MARG) ( SECUNDUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
THE SECOUND CHAPITER IS HOW THE BACHELERE QUHILK
SULD RESSAVE THAT HYE ORDER HOW HE SULD FIRST LERE THE
POINTIS AND THE PROPRIETEIS OF THE ORDRE BEFORE THAT
HE TAK IT IN THE BEGYNNYNG
QUHAT THE THRID CHAPITRE CONTENIS
(MARG) ( TERCIUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 20> THE THRID CHAPITRE CONTENIS ALL THE SAID PROPERTEIS
OF THE NOBLE ORDER AND OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE AS THE
KNYCHT DEVISIS
QUHAT THE FERDE CHAPITRE CONTENIS
(MARG) ( QUARTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 24>THE FERDE CHAPITRE CONTENIS THE FORME OF THE EXAMINATIOUN
HOW THE BACHELER SQUYER SULD BE EXAMYNIT
BE THE FADERIS OF THE ORDER BEFORE OR HE RESSAVIT THE
SAID ORDRE
QUHAT THE FYFT CHAPITER CONTENIS
(MARG) ( QUINTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 29> THE FYFT CHAPITER CONTENIS HOW THE BACHELER SQUYER
SULD RESSAVE THE NOBLE ORDRE AND THE FORME AND
MANER THAROF AND OF THE PROCESS OF THE MAKING OF
KNYCHTIS BE ORDRE <L 32>
<P 3>
QUHAT THE SEXT CHAPITER CONTENIS
(MARG) ( SEXTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 1> THE SEXT CHAPITER CONTENIS THE POYNTIS OF THE
TAKENYNGIS OF THE BLASOUN OF THE SIGNIS AND SEREMOUNS
CUSTUMABLE TOBE MAID IN GEVING OF THE SAID ORDRE
<L 5> AND BE ALL ORDRE
QUHAT THE SEVYNT CHAPITER CONTENIS
(MARG) ( SEPTIMUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 7> THE SEVYNT CHAPITRE CONTENIS THE GUDE THEWIS
VERTUES AND CUSTUMES THAT PERTENIS TO THE KNYCHTIS
THAT HONOURABLY WALD MANETENE THE FORESAID ORDRE OF
KNYCHTHEDE
QUHAT THE AUCHTAND CHAPITER CONTENIS
(MARG) ( OCTAVUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 12> THE AUCHTAND CHAPITER CONTENIS HOW THE SAID
ORDRE SULD BE HALDYN AT HONOUR AND QUHAT HONOUR
SULD BE DONE TO THAME THAT BERIS THE SAID ORDRE AND
HES OPTENYT IT WITH HONOURE <L 15>
<P 4>
(HEAD) HERE BEGYNNYS
THE FIRST CHAPITRE OF THE BUKE (END OF HEAD)
<L 12> THE AUTOUR OF THIS BUKE REHERSIS HOW IT BEFELL IN
(MARG) ( PRIMUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 13> A CONTREE QUHARE A WORTHY WYSE ANCIENE KNYCHT THAT
LANG TYME HAD BENE IN THE EXCERCISIOUN OF HONOURABLE
WERIS THE QUHILK BE THE NOBLESSE AND THE FORCE OF
HIS NOBLE AND HIE CURAGE THROU GRETE WISEDOME AND
HYE GOVERNAUNCE HAD AVENTURIT HIS PERSONE TO PURSUE
AND MANETENE JUSTIS TOURNAYMENTIS AND WERIS AND
THROU HIS GUDE FORTUNE AND PROWESSE, HAD OPTENYT
<L 21> GRETE HONOUR AND GLORE, AND VICTORIUS LOVING AND
EFTER ALL THIS AS COURSE OF NATURE GEVIS TILL ALL MANKYNDE
AND OTHIR CREATURIS THAT IN THIS ERDE LYF BERIS
HE CONSIDERAND THAT THIS LYF MYCHT NOCHT LANGSUMLY
ENDURE BOT IT BEHOVIT NEDELY TAK ANE END, FOR TO
<L 26> MAKE GUDE END AND CONCLUSIOUN TO GODWART, AND TO
<P 5>
<L 1> LYVE OUT OF THE SICHT OF TRIBULACIOUN AND VEXACIOUN
OF THE WARLD AND TO BE AT HIS DEVOCIOUN IN CONTEMPLACIOUN
OF HIS CREATOUR FOR HE SAWE THAT GOD
HAD GEVIN HIM LARGELY OF HIS GRACE, SUFFICIANDLY OF
WARLDLY HONOURE AND GLORE AND THAT NATURE IN HIM
WAS SA FAILLID THROU FEBILNESSE THAT HE HAD NOUTHIR
FORCE NA VERTU NA POWER TO WELDE ARMES AS HE WAS
WOUNT AND HAD DEVISIT AND DEPARTIT HIS LANDIS, GUDIS
AND HERITAGIS TILL HIS BARNIS AND ORDANYT FOR ALL HIS
THINGIS FYNABLYE AND CHESIT TO MAK HIS HABITACIOUN
IN A THIK WOD OF A WILDERNESS IN A FAIRE HAULCHE
INCLOSIT WITHIN WATERIS AND GRETE TREIS BATHE OF FRUYTIS
OF DIVERS NATURIS AND OF HERBES SA THAT HE WAS
CONTENT TO FLEE THE SYCHT AND THE REPAIRE OF THE
WARLD SA THAT NANE THAT HAD SENE HIM SA WORTHILY
HONESTLY AND HONOURABLYE HAD EVIR HIDERTILLIS MANETENYT
SA WORTHY AND HYE ORDER IN ALL WORSCHIP BUT LAK OR
DISHONESTEE OF HIS CORS SULD SE HIM IN HIS FAILIT ELDE
FOR FAULT OF POWER OF NATURALE STRENTHE IN SYK FEBILNESS
<L 20> THAT HE MYCHT NOCHT OUR HIM SELF TO GOVERNE HIS
PERSONE IN SYK WORSCHIP OF HONESTEE AS HE WAS WOUNT,
THAT FILTH OF ELDE SCHAMYT HIM NOCHT, QUHILL HE HAD
ZELDIT TO GOD AND NATURE HIS NATURALE DEWITEIS AND
ALS THAT THE VEXACIOUN OF THE WARLD GERT HIM NOCHT
ABSTRAK HIS INCLINACIOUN OF CONTEMPLACIOUN AND DEVOCIOUN
FRA THE CONTYNUALE REMEMBRAUNCE THAT HE WAS
DETERMYNIT IN HIS HERT TO HAVE OF THE GLORIOUS PASSIOUN
OF CRIST THE QUHILK HE TRAISTIT SULD BE A TARGE BETUIX
HIM AND THE INYMY OF MANKYNDE IN THE DAY OF THE
DREDEFULL JUGEMENT, TO SAUF HIM FRA THE TERRIBLE PAYNIS
OF HELL. AND AS HE WAS WALKAND A DAY IN ANE HERBARE
ALLANE IN HIS DEVOCIOUN IN A THIK BUSK OF THE WOD
QUHARE THERE WAS A GRETE TREE IN THE MYDDIS CHARGIT
FULL OF FAIR FRUYTIS IN THE SESOUN THE QUHILKIS HE
GADERIT AND HELD TO REFRESCHE HIM WITH BE TYMES AND
IN THAT HERBAR UNDER THE SAIDE FRUYTE TREE, THARE
<L 37> WAS A FAIRE WELL OF WATER OF NOBLE NATURE, QUHILK IN
<P 6>
<L 1> DIVERS STRYNDIS PAST THROU THE HERBER TILL OTHIR GARDYNNIS
AND PREAUX TILL WATER THAME IN SOMER FOR MARE
GUDELY GROWTHE IN THE QUHILK HERBARE THE NOBLE
KNYCHT WAS CUSTUMYT TO MAK HIS DAYLY REPAIR, AND
THARE IN HIS CONTEMPLACIOUN HE MAID HIS SECRETE
ORISOUN ZELDAND GRACIS AND LOVINGIS TO ALMYCHTY GOD
THE MAKARE OF THE MEKLE HONOUR AND WORSCHIP THAT
HE HAD GRANTIT HIM IN THIS WARLD, EVERMARE DAY OF
HIS LYF, TO CONTYNEW IN SIK DEVOCIOUN AND CONTEMPLACIOUN
PERPETUALY
AND SA BEFELL THAT IN THE SAMYN TYME BEFELL A
GRETE STORMY WYNTER IN THE QUHILK A WORTHY KING
HAD SETT AND ORDANYT A GRETE ASSEMBLEE OF LORDIS AND
KNYCHTIS AND WORTHY MEN FOR HIE GRETE AND HONOURABLE
ACTIS TO BE DONE IN THE QUHILKIS MONY ZONG
BACHELER SQUIERIS PROPOSIT THAME TO BE MAID KNYCHTIS
OF THAT WORTHY KINGIS HAND AND SA BEFELL THAT ANE
OF THE LORDIS SONIS OF THAT CONTREE QUHILK HAD SETT
HIS ENTENT AND PURPOSE TO TAK THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE
AT THE SAID ASSEMBLEE AND AS IT HAPNYT HIM TO
<L 21> PAS THROU THAT CONTREE QUHARE THE NOBLE ANCIENE
KNYCHT HAD MAID HIS HABITACIOUN AND FORTHY THAT
THE SAID SQUIER QUHILK WAS FERR TRAVAILIT FOR IRKNES
OF TRAVALE AND WAKING TO CUM TO THE SEMBLE HE
SLEPIT APON HIS PALFRAY AND WAVERIT FRA HIS FOLK OUT
OF THE HYE WAY SA THAT HE BECOME PROPERLY IN THE
SAMYN FOREST AND WILDERNESS QUHARE THE KNYCHT WAS
IN DUELLAND AND TO THE SAMYN FONTAYN IN THE HERBERE
THARE QUHARE THE KNYCHT WAS AT HIS CONTEMPLACIOUN
IN THE SAMYN TYME COME THE PALFRAY THARE TO DRINK
AT THE WELL AND ALS SONE AS THAT THE KNYCHT SAWE
IN SYK A KYNDE SIK ANE HONOURABLE MAN HE LEFT HIS
CONTEMPLACIOUN AND TUKE OUT A BUKE OF HIS BOSUM
AND BEGAN TO REDE AND SONE QUHEN THE PALLEFRAY
PUT DOUNE HIS HEDE IN THE WELL FOR TO DRYNK, THE
SQUIER BEGAN TO WAKYN OF HIS SLEPE AND WIST NOCHT
QUHARE HE WAS BECUMMYN AND THAN RAIS UP THE <L 36>
<P 7>
<L 1> WORTHY ANCIENE KNYCHT AND COME TILL HIM TO SPERE
OF HIS EFFERE THE QUHILK QUHEN THE ZONG SQUIERE
SAW SA HARE AND ALDE WITH A LANG BERDE AND LANGAR
SYDE HYNGAND HARE, QUHITE AS THE SNAWE WITH A SYDE
GOUNE ALDE AND BARE OF WOLLE AND EVILL FARAND WITH
MONY HOLIS RYVIN AND RENT FOR GRETE AGE OF WERING
AND FOR THE GRETE WAKING AND DEVOCIOUN AND PENITENCE
THAT HE HAD TANE TILL HIM IN THAT DESERT AND
THE GRETING THAT HE MAID FOR HIS TRESPASS OF ZOUTHEDE
HE WAS WORTHIN RYCHT LENE PALE AND WAN WITH HEVY
CHERE AND HOLL EYNE SA THAT BE SEMBLANCE HIS BEHALDING
WAS LYKE TO BE AS OF A HALY MAN AND OF
GODLY LYF. SA THAT GRETE MARVAILL HAD THAI ILKANE OF
OTHIR FOR SEN THE KNYCHT HAD LEFT THE WARLDE TO DUELL
THARE IN THAT DESERT HE HAD NOCHT SENE NA MAN IN
ALL THAT TYME. AND THE ZONG SQUYER HAD MARE
GRETE MARVAILL HOW HE WAS HAPNYT THARE AND OF THE
GRETE MARVAILOUS MANER OF THE WORTHY MAN QUHILK
BE HIS FERIS AND PORT SEMYT TILL HAVE BENE A MAN OF
<L 20> GRETE VALOURE AND WITH THAT HE LICHTIT DOUNE OF HIS
PALLEFRAY AND SALUST THE NOBLE KNYCHT QUHILK ZELDIT
HIM AGAYNE HIS REVERENCE AND RESSAVIT HIM GRACIOUSLY
AND GERT HIM SYTT DOUNE IN THE HERBER AND REYNE
HIS HORSE AND REST HIM AND LANG TYME BEHELDE HIM
IN THE VISAGE TO SE GIF HE WOLD AUCHT SAY BOT THE
SQUYER, QUHYLK MARVAILIT MEKLE OF THE EFFERIS OF THE
KNYCHT, FOR THE GRETE WORTHYNES THAT HIM THOCHT APPERIT
IN HIS VISAGE AND MANERIS HE DEFERRIT TILL HIM TO MOVE
FIRST SPECHE AS TO DO HIM REVERENCE FOR HONOUR AND
AGE AND THUS THE WORTHY KNYCHT SPAK FIRST SAYAND
FAIRE FRENDE QUHAT IS THE CAUSE OF ZOURE CUMMYNG
HERE IN THIS WILDERNES AND FRA QUHYN AR ZE CUMMYN
AND QUHARE WALDE ZE BE AND THAN ANSUERD THE
ZONG BACHELERE SAYAND CERTES SIR THARE IS A GRETE
RENOUNE GANGAND IN FERR CONTREIS OF A GRETE ASSEMBLEE
AND RYCHT HONOURABLE THAT SULD BE MAID IN THIS LAND
BE ANE OF THE MAIST WORTHY KINGIS THAT IS IN THE <L 37>
<P 8>
<L 1> WARLDE QUHARE GRETE MULTITUDE OF HONOURABLE AND
WORTHY MEN SULD ASSEMBLE FOR HONOURABLE ACTES TO
BE DONE AND THARE SULD THE SAID KING MAK MONY
NEW KNYCHTIS BE CAUSE THAT HE HIM SELF HAS ENTENCIOUN
TO BE MAID KNYCHT THARE IN THE SAMYN TYME
AND THUS FOR HONOUR OF THE WORTHY PRINCE AND OF HIS
NEW KNYCHTHEDE I AND OTHERIS DRAWIS TOGEDIR TO
SE THAI HONOURABLE ACTIS AND GOD WILLAND TO BE
MAID KNYCHT OF HIS HAND THARE AND BE CAUS THAT
I TUKE GRETE JOURNEIS BE THE WAY CUMMAND MY
PALLEFRAY THROU HIS SOFT PASSING GAVE ME CURAGE TO
SLEPE AS MAN FORDOVERIT AND SA BADE BEHYND MY
COMPANY AND WANDERIT SA IN THIS WILDERNESSE UNWITTAND
QUHARE QUHILL MY HORS IN THIS HAULCHE HELDIT
TO DRYNK. THAN AR ZE SAID THE WORTHY KNYCHT RYCHT
WELCUM HERE
BOT QUHEN THE NOBLE WORTHY MAN HERD HIM SPEKE
OF THE HYE AND NOBLE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE AND OF
THE PROPERETEIS THAT TILL IT APPERTENIS HE GAVE A SARE
SOB WITH A GRETE SICHE, THAT UNESE MYCHT HE SPEKE
<L 21> LANG TYME EFTIR REMEMBERAND OF THE GRETE HONOUR
THAT HE HAD BENE IN MANETENAND THE SAIDE ORDRE OF
SA LANG TYME AND QUHEN THE SQUYER SAW HIM FALL
IN SYK A THOCHT BE MANER OF ANE EXTASY HE SPERIT
AT HIM QUHAT MOVIT HIM TO MUSE SA MEKLE ON HIS
WORDIS AND THAN THE WORTHY ANCIENE KNYCHT ANSUERD
HIM SAYAND THAT HIS THOCHT WAS ON THE HYE AND
WORTHY ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE THAT HE HAD SPOKIN OF
AND ON THE GRETE CHARGE THAT A KNYCHT UNDERGAIS
QUHEN HE UNDERTAKIS THAT NOBLE AND WORSCHIPFULL
ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE AND THAN SAID THE SAID SQUIER
THAT GIF HE COUD OUCHT TECHE HIM OF THE POYNTIS
THAT MYCHT PERTENE TO THE SAID ORDER FOR THE HONOUR
AND REVERENCE OF GOD THAT HE WALD TECHE HIM AND
WITH THAT THE SAID KNYCHT BLENKIT UP SAYAND O FAIRE
SONE HOW ART THOU SA BALD TO SETT THEE TO TAK THAT
FORENAMYT ORDER BOT FIRST THOU KNEW THE POYNTIS BELANGAND <L 37>
<P 9>
<L 1> THE GOVERNAUNCE AND MANETENAUNCE OF IT,
AND THE MANER HOW IT SULD BE KEPIT GOVERNYT AND
MANETENYT IN HONOUR AND WORSCHIP AS EFFERIS EFTIR
THE ORDINAUNCE OF GOD FOR THARE SULD NANE BE SA
HARDY TO TAK THAT HYE HONOURABLE ORDRE BOT HE WAR
FIRST WORTHY BE THE SICHT OF A PRINCE THARE TILL AND
SYNE THAT COUD THE POYNTIS AND THE ARTICLIS THAT TO
THE SAID ORDRE APPERTENIS AND TO KNAW BATHE THE MERITIS
AND THE PROWESS OF THE ORDRE AND RYCHT SA THE DEFAULTIS
THAT A KNYCHT MAY MAK TILL HIS ORDRE NA THARE
SULD NA KNYCHT MAK ANE OTHIR BOT FIRST HE HIMSELF
COUD THAI POYNTIS TECHINGIS AND DOCUMENTIS TO TECHE
THAME TO THE VASSALL OR BACHELERE THAT HE THOCHT TO
MAK A KNYCHT OF FOR HE IS MISORDANYT AND UNWORTHY
KNYCHT THAT MAKIS KNYCHTIS NOCHT KNAWAND THE PROPRIETEIS
OF THE SAID ORDRE TO TECHE TO THAME THAT HE
GEVIS THE ORDRE TILL THE CUSTUMYS AND DOCUMENTIS THAT
TILL IT APPERTENIS AND THEN SAID THE SQUYER FAIRE
FADER SEN IT IS SA THAT AS I TRAIST ZE KNAW THE PROPRIETEIS
<L 20> AND CUSTUMES OF THE SAID ORDRE THAT ZE WALD
OF ZOUR GUDELYNES TECHE ME AND INFORME OF THE DOCUMENTIS
AND PROPRIETEIS BELANGAND TO THE SAID ORDRE
OF KNICHTHEDE FOR I HAVE GUDE HOPE IN GOD THAT
FOR THE TRAIST THAT I HAVE THARTO I SULDE LERE BESILY
AND WELE ALL THE PERFECTIOUN OF THE SAID ORDRE
AND THAN ANSUERD THE KNYCHT SAYAND FAIRE SONE
SEN IT IS SA THAT THOU HAS SA GUDE WILL TO LERE THE
REUGLIS AND THE DOCUMENTIS BELANGAND THE SAID ORDRE
I SALL LEN THE A LYTILL BUKE QUHARE IN ALL THE REUGLIS
AND THE ORDYNAUNCE OF ALL THE POYNTIS AND DOCUMENTIS
THAT PERTENIS TO THE SAID ORDRE AR WRITTIN IN THE QUHILK
BUKE I REDE WELE OFT AND TAKIS CONSOLATIOUN OF THE
MEKLE HONOUR WORSCHIPPIS AND WORTHYNES THAT TO
THE SAID ORDRE APPERTENIS AND OF THE GRETE GRACE THAT
GOD HES GEVIN ME IN THIS ERDE TO BE SA HAPPY TILL
HAVE GOVERNYT SA BUT LAK THE SAID ORDRE THAT ALL MY
GRACE AND GUDE AVENTURE THROW IT I HAD AND RYCHT <L 37>
<P 10>
<L 1> SA I HONOURIT IT AND DID ALL MY POWER TO MANETENE
IT AND KEPE IT IN WORSCHIP BUT REPRUF, FOR RYCHT AS
KNYCHT BE HIS ORDRE TAKIS BATHE OF GOD AND MAN
HONOURE, WORSCHIP AND WARLDLY PROUFFIT RYCHT SA HE
IS BEHALDYN TILL GOVERNE KEPE AND MANETENE HIS ORDRE
IN ALL HONOUR WORSCHIP AND REVERENCE UNDEFOULIT.
AND THAN DELYVERIT THE KNYCHT THE BUKE TO THE
BACHELER IN THE QUHILK QUHEN HE HAD RED A LYTILL
SPACE HE HEVIT UP HIS HANDIS TO THE HEVYN AND LOVIT
ALMYCHTI GOD THAT HAD GEVIN HIM THE GRACE TO CUM
THAT WAY IN THE TYME THAT HE WAS SA WELE FORTUNYT
TO HAVE KNAULAGE OF THE POYNTIS TECHINGIS AND PROPERTEIS
OF THE SAID ORDRE AND REUGLIS THAT TILL IT APPERTENIT
THE QUHILK I HAVE LANG TYME MEKLE DESYRIT TO
KNAWE AND THAN SAID THE KNYCHT FAIRE SONE THOU
SALL TAK THIS BUKE WITH THE TO THE COURT, FOR SEN I
AM BATHE ALDE AND WAYKE AND MAY NOCHT TRAVAILL TO
SCHAW THE REUGLIS AND DOCUMENTIS AND PROPRIETEIS
OF THE SAID ORDRE TO THAME THAT DESYRIS THAME THAT
<L 20> AR WITH THE KING THOU SALL GEVE THE COPY OF THIS
SAID BUKE TILL ALL MEN THAT DESYRIS IT AND THOU SALL
HECHT ME QUHEN THOU ART DOUBBIT KNYCHT THOU SALL
CUM THIS WAY AGAYNE THIS AND TELL ME QUHAT KNYCHTIS
SAL BE MAID THARE AND ALL THE MANER OF THAIR MAKING
AND HOW THE KING AND THE NEW KNYCHTIS TAKIS IN
THANK THIS BUKE OF THE REUGLIS AND DOCUMENTIS OF THE
SAID ORDRE AND QUHA ASKIS THE COPY OF IT.
AND THUS TUKE THE BACHELER HIS LEVE AT THE KNYCHT
AND THE KNYCHT HIS BENEDICTIOUN AND SA LAP ON HIS
HORSE AND PASSIT ON QUHILL HE MET WITH HIS MENZE
AND SA TO THE KINGIS PALACE AND DID HIS DEVOYR IN
GOVERNEMENT OF HIS PERSONE RYCHT WORTHILY AND GAVE
THE COPY TILL ALL MANER OF NOBLE MAN THAT WALD DESYRE
TILL HAVE IT THE QUHILK BUKE THE KING LOVIT MEKLE
<L 35> AND PRISIT AND ALL THE LORDIS AND HELDE IT RYCHT DERE.
<P 11>
<L 5> HERE FOLOWIS THE SECUND CHAPITRE THAT SPEKIS OF
(MARG) ( SECUNDUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 6> THE POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE THAT A BACHELER SQUIER
SULD LERE OR HE TAK THE FORENAMYT ORDRE IN THE
TYME THAT CHERITEE LEAUTEE JUSTICE AND VERITEE WAS
FAILIT IN THE WARLD THAN BEGAN CRUELTEE UNLAUTEE
INJURE AND FALSETE AND THAN WAS ERROUR AND DISTRUBLAUNCE
IN THE WARLD IN THE QUHILK WARLD GOD
HAD MAID MAN TO DUELL TO TROWE IN HIM SERVE HIM
HONOURE HIM LOVE HIM AND DOUT HIM. BOT FIRST
QUHEN DESPISING OF JUSTICE COME IN THE WARLD AND
THAN WAS SYK MYSREUGLE AND MISGOVERNAUNCE IN THE
WARLD AMANG THE PEPLE FOR FAULT OF JUSTICE THAT FOR
TO GER THE REUGLE OF GUDE GOVERNAUNCE CUM AGAYN
WITH FORCE AND DREDE OF AWE THE PEPLE GERT CHESE A
MAN AMANG A THOUSAND THE QUHILK WAS MAIST WISE
MAIST STARK AND STURDY AND BEST OF GOVERNAUNCE
MAIST GODLYKE AND FULL OF GRETE LEAUTEE AND OF MAIST
<L 22> NOBLESSE MAIST CURAGEUS AND BEST TECHIT IN VERTUES
AND AY OF ILKE THOWSAND OF THE PEPLE THARE WAS SYK
A MAN CHOSYN TO BE CHIFTANE OF THE LAVE AND TO
GOVERNE THAME AND BE THAIRE LEDARE AND SYNE THAI
INQUERIT AND SOUCHT QUHAT BESTE WAS MAIST WORTHY
MAIST STARK AND STURDY AND MAIST SWIFT RYNNAND AND
MAIST HABLE TO MANNIS SERVICE AND BEHOVE AND THARETO
WAS CHOSYN THE HORSE FOR THE MAIST WORTHY AND CONVENABLE
AND BEST RYNNAND AND MAIST HABLE FOR MANNIS
SERVICE AND THAT HORSE WAS ORDANYT TO THAT CHOSE MAN
TO RYDE APON AND EFTIR THE HORS THE KNYCHT ANE OF <L 32>
<P 12>
<L 1> HIS NAMYS THAT IN FRANCHE IS CALLIT CHEVALIER THAT IS
TO SAY HORSE MAN AND BE THE TOTHIR SIGNIFICACIOUN THAT
IS CALLIT MILES THAT CUMMYS OF THIS FORESAID CAUSE THAT
HE WAS IN THAI TYMES A MAN CHOSYN BE THE PRINCE AND
THE PEPLE OF ILKE THOUSAND MEN THE WORTHIEST TO BE
THAIR CHIFTANE AND GOVERNOURE IN WERE AND THAIR PROTECTOUR
IN TYME OF PES AND THUS QUHEN HE WAS IN
THAI TYMES CHOSYN AMANG A THOUSAND ANE OF MAIST
VEVTU AND WORTHIEST TO BE A GOVERNOUR OF THE LAVE
AND SYNE THE MAIST WORTHY AND NOBLE BESTE OF THE
WARLD CHOSIN TO BERE HIM THAT HE SULD NOCHT GA ON
FUT SYNE EFTIR ORDAYNYT THAI THAT THE MAIST NOBLE AND
WORTHY ARMOURE SULD BE DEVISIT AND MAID TO THAI
KNYCHTIS TO KEPE THAIR PERSONIS IN HELE FRA STRAKIS OF
THAIR INYMYES AND FRA THE DEDE AND THARE WAS HE
ENARMYT AND SETT APON THE HORS AND MAID CHIFTANE
AND GOVERNOURE OF A THOWSAND PERSONIS UNDER HIM
AND THUS WAS KNYCHTHEDE FIRST ORDANYT AND MAID AND
THAR FORE ALL KNYCHTIS SULD THINK APON THAIR WORTHY
AND NOBLE BEGYNNYNG AND THE PROPRIETEIS AND CAUSIS
<L 21> THAR OF AND SETT HIM SA THAT HE HAVE ALS NOBLE A
CURAGE IN HIM SELF AS SULD EFFERE TO THE NOBLE ORDRE
THAT HE RESSAVIS IN VIRTUES AND IN GUDE THEWIS AND
WORTHYNES OF CONDICIOUNS SA THAT HIS WORTHY CONDICIOUNS
AND VERTEWIS ACCORDE TO THE BEGYNNYNG THAT
IS SA NOBLE FOR AND HE DO THE CONTRAIR HE IS INYMY
TILL HIS ORDRE AND SYK MEN SULD NOCHT BE RESSAVIT TO
THE ORDRE THAT AR INYMYES THARTILL NA SULD NANE BE
MAID KNYCHTIS THAT HAD CONTRARIUS CONDICIOUNS TO THAT
WORTHY AND NOBLE ORDRE HE SULD HAVE LUFE AND DREDE
IN HIM TILL GOD AND TILL HIS PRINCE AGANIS HATERENT
AND DESPISING AND RYCHT AS HE SULD LUFE AND DREDE
GOD AND HIS LORD AND PRINCE SA SULD HE GER HIM SELF
BE DRED AND LUFIT OF HIS FOLK BATHE BE NOBLESSE OF
CURAGE AND GUDE THEWIS AND GUDE CUSTUMES THINKAND
APON THE HYE HONOUR AND WORSCHIP THAT IS GEVIN TILL
HIM THAT IS SA HYE AND SA NOBLE ANE OFFICE AND OF <L 37>
<P 13>
<L 1> SIK WORSCHIP THAT THE CONDICIOUNS AND THE NOBLESS
OF THE ORDRE SULD BE ACCORDAND TOGEDER SA THAT
THROU THE GRETE HONOUR OF HIS ELECTIOUN FIRST THAT BE
THE PRINCE AND THE PEOPLE IS CHOSIN AMANG A THOUSAND
FOR THE MAIST WORTHY AND SYNE THE MAIST NOBLE
AND WORTHY ARMOURIS PUT ON HIM AND SYNE THE MAIST
NOBLE AND WORTHY BESTE THAT WAS IN THE WORLDE GEVIN
AND ORDANYT HIM TO RYDE ON AND OTHERIS TO GANG ON
FUT BESYDE HIM THAN AUCHT HE WELE TO LUFE AND
DREDE GOD AND HIS PRINCE THAT SENDIS HIM THAT
HYE HONOUR AND WORSCHIP AND SYNE HE AW WELE TO
MAK SYK CAUSE THROU NOBLESS OF CURAGE AND GUDE
CUSTUMES THAT HE BE LUFIT AND DRED OF THE PEPLE
SA THAT BE LUFE HE CONQUEST CHARITEE AND BE DREDE
(MARG) ( NOTA ) (END OF MARG)
<L 15> HE CONQUEST LAUTEE AND JUSTICE AND THUS ALL KNYCHT
SULD HAVE IN HIM THIR FOUR THINGIS THAT IS FOR TO SAY
CHARITEE AND GUDE THEWIS LAUTEE AND JUSTICE AND SULD
EXCEDE OTHERIS IN NOBLESS OF VERTUES AS HE DOIS IN
NOBLESS OF HONOURIS AND ALSSUA IN SAMEKLE AS MAN
<L 20> IS MARE WORTHY MARE CURAGEUS AND VERTUOUS AND
MARE WIT AND UNDERSTANDING HAS NA WOMMAN AND OF
MARE STARK NATURE IN SAMEKLE IS HE BETTER NA WOMMAN
OR ELLIS NATURE WAR CONTRARY TILL IT SELF THAT BOUNTEE
AND BEAUTEE OF CURAGE SULD FOLOWE BOUNTEE AND
BEAUTEE AND NOBLESS OF CORS AND THUS SEN A MAN
IS MARE HABLE TILL HAVE MARE NOBLE CURAGE AND TO BE
BETTER NA WOMMAN IN SAMEKLE IS HE MARE ENCLYNIT
TO BE TEMPIT TO VICE NA IS THE WOMMAN, FOR HE IS
MARE HARDY UNDERTAKARE, BATHE IN GUDE AND EVILL
OPYNLY, AND IN SAMEKLE HAS HE MARE MERYT TILL ABSTENE
HIM FRA VICIS NA HAS THE WOMMAN THAT IS OF
WAYKE NATURE AND THARFORE ILKE MAN SULD BE WAR
THAT WALD ENTER IN THE FORESAID ORDRE AND WIT WELE
FIRST QUHAT HE DOIS FOR HE TAKIS THARE A GRETE
HONOURE MARYTE WITH A GREAT SERVITUTE THAT IS TO
SAY A GRETE THRILLAGE THAT HE MON RESSAVE WITH THE
<L 37> ORDRE TO BE THRALL TO THE CONDICIOUNS PROPRIETEIS AND
<P 14>
<L 1> CUSTUMES THAT APPERTENIS TO THE SAID ORDRE, AND TO
THE FRENDIS OF THE SAID ORDRE, FOR QUHY THAT IN
SAMEKLE THAT A MAN HAS MARE NOBLE CREACIOUN AND
BEGYNNING AND MARE HAS OF HONOUR IN SAMEKLE IS HE
MARE THRALL AND BOUNDE TOBE GUDE AND AGREABLE TO
GOD AND TILL HIM THAT DOIS HIM THAT HONOURE AND
GIF HE BE OF WIKKIT AND EVILL LYF OF TYRANNY AND
CRIMYNOUS LYFING HE IS CONTRARIUS AND INYMY OF THE
ORDRE AND REBELLOUR TO THE COMMANDEMENTIS OF HONOUR
FOR THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE BE THE CAUS THAT IT IS
MAID AND ORDANYT FOR IS SA NOBLE OF IT SELF THAT THE
PRINCIS WAR NOCHT ANERLY CONTENT AND THE PEPLE TO
CHES THE MAIST NOBLE MAN OF LIGNY AND TO GEVE HIM
THE MAIST NOBLE ARMOURIS AND SYNE SETT HIM ON THE
MAIST NOBLE AND CURAGEUS BESTE FOR MANNIS USE BOT
SEN THAI ORDANYT HIM TO BE A LORDE BOT QUHAT UNDERSTANDIS
THOU REDARE BE A LORDE A MAN IS NOCHT A
LORD SUPPOS HE HAVE NEVER SA MEKLE OF WARLDLY GUDIS
BOT HE IS A LORD THAT HAS SEIGNOURY AND JURISDICTIOUN
<L 20> APON OTHIR MEN TO GOVERNE THAME AND HALD LAW AND
JUSTICE APON THAME QUHEN THAI TRESPASS IN THE QUHILK
LORDSCHIP THARE IS SA MEKLE NOBLESS AND IN SERVITUDE
THARE IS SA MEKLE SUBJECTIOUN BONDAGE AND THRILLAGE
THAT GRETE DIFFERENCE IS BETUENE AND THAN SULD THARE
BE ALSMEKLE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERSONIS AS THARE IS
DIFFERENCE BETUIX THE TWA ESTATIS. FOR AND A MAN TAK
THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE AND HE BE VILLAINE OF HIS
CONDICIOUNS AND WYKKIT OF LYF HE DOIS GRETE INJURE
TO ALL HIS SUBJECTES THAT HE HAS UNDER HIM IN GOVERNAUNCE
THAT AR GUDE FOLK AND SYMPLE AND MEKLE
SERVIS PUNYCIOUN. FOR CRUELL AND WICKIT LYF THAT TYRANE
LORDIS AR OF TO THE PEPLE MAKIS THAM MARE WORTHY TO
BE BONDIS BOUND NA TO BE LORDIS OF THE PEPLE OF GOD
OFF THE QUHILKIS THAI MON ZELDE A STRAYTE COMPT  A DAY
QUHILK EFFERIS TO THE PRINCE TO PUNYS BE THE COUNSALE
OF THAME THAT GUDE AND WORTHY KNYCHTIS AR FOR UNWORTHY WAR
THAT THAI WAR CALLIT KNYCHTIS AND BERE
<P 15>
<L 1> THE NAME AND THE HONOUR OF THAT HYE ORDRE THAT
WYRKIS IN THE CONTRAIR DESTROYAND AND UNDOAND THE
PEPLE OF GOD THAT THAI AR CHOSIN BE ELECTIOUN AND
OBLIST TO DEFEND AND FOR THAT CAUS HAS THAIR LORDSCHIPPIS
TO GOVERNE THE PEPLE OF GOD. FOR NOCHT
ANERLY THE CHESING AND ELECTIOUN TO THE ORDRE NA THE
NOBLE HORS NA ARMOURIS NA GOVERNAUNCE NA LORDSCHIP
THAME THOCHT NOCHT ANERLY WAS SUFFICIAND TO THE
WORTHYNES OF THAT NOBLE AND WORSCHIPFULL ORDRE TILL
HALD IT AT HONOUR BOT THAI ORDANYT HIM A SQUIER
AND A VARLET PAGE TO BE EVER CONTYNUALY AT HIS
BIDDING AND SERVICE IN ALL PLACIS THARE HE WAR, TO TAK
KEPE TILL HIM, THE SQUIAR TO GANG WITH HIM AT HIS
BIDDING, THE PAGE TO KEPE HIS HORS AND ORDANYT
THE PEPLE TO LABOUR THE GROUND TO GRAITH LYFING FOR
THE KNYCHTIS AND NOBLES THAT WAR THAIR GOVERNOURIS
AND PROTECTOURIS AND TO THAIR HORS AND SERVANDIS THE
QUHILKIS WAS EXCUSIT TO NOCHT LABOUR BOT TO REST
THAME EVER BETUIX DEDIS OF ARMES AND ACTES HONOURABLE
<L 20> AT HUNTING AND HAUKING AND OTHIR DISPORTIS AND
TO GOVERNE AND KEPE PASSIBLEIS THE LABOURARIS AND SAUF
THAME  FRA FORS AND WRANG SA THAT CLERKIS MYCHT
PESABLY STUDY IN SCIENCIS MEN OF KIRK VAKE IN GODDIS
SERVICE MERCHANDIS IN THAIR MARCHANDICE AND OTHIR
CRAFTIS WIRKAND AT LORDIS DEVIS AND THUS QUHEN
CLERKIS STUDYIS IN SCIENCIS HOW MEN SULD BE TECHIT
TO KNAWE LUFE AND SERVE GOD AND DOUBT AND TO
GEVE GUDE ENSAMPLE OF DOCTRINE TO THE LAWIT PEPLE
TO RYCHT SA DO FOR THE HONOUR AND REVERENCE OF
ALMYCHTI GOD IN DEVOCIOUN AND GUDE LYF RYCHT
SA APON THE TOTHIR PART QUHEN KNYCHTIS AR MAID BE
PRINCIS THAI SULD SETT THAME WITH GUDE VIRTUES AND
GUDE ENSAMPLIS AND NOBLESS OF CURAGE AND OTHIR
WAYIS GIF NEDE WAR BE FORCE OF ARMES TO MANETENE
GOVERNE AND DEFEND THE SMALL PEPLE IN ALL JUSTICE AND
EQUITEE IN LUFE AND DREDE BATHE OF GOD AND OF THE
<L 37> PRINCE AS IS BEFORE RECOMPTIT BE THE QUHILKIS THAI
<P 16>
<L 1> SULD THROU LUFE HAVE CONTYNUALE CHARITEE AMANG THAME
AND BE THE DREDE THAI SULD STAND AWE TO DO OUCHT
ILKANE TILL OTHIR WRANG OR WIKKITNESS. AND HERE ATOUR
AS THE CLERKIS TECHIS THAIR SCOLERIS TO THE SCULIS OF
SCIENCIS OF CLERGY SA SULD A GUDE KNYCHT TECHE HIS
BARNIS THE NOBLESS OF THE POYNTIS AND PROPRIETEIS OF
CHYVALRYE AND THAT SULD BE DONE IN THAIR ZOUTHEDE.
AND FIRST AND FORMAST A KNYCHT SULD LERE HIS SONE TO
BE DOCTRYNED IN VERTUES AND SYNE SULD HE BE DOCTRINYT
AND TECHIT TO RYDING IN HIS ZOUTHEDE OR ELLIS HE SALL
NEVER BE GUDE RYDARE AND AY AS HE CUMMYS TILL ELDE
THAT HE LERE TO GOVERNE HORS AND ARMOURIS AND THAT
HE BE SERVAND TO SUM LORD AND USE HIM IN ARMES
LANG OR HE TAK THE ORDRE FOR UNWORTHY WAR HE SULD
BE A LORD OR A MAISTER THAT KNEW NEVER QUHAT IT IS
TO BE A SERVAND FOR HE MAY NEVER WELE TAK NA KNAWE
THE SUETENES THAT IT IS TO BE THE LORD BOT GIF HE HAD
SUM KNAULAGE OF THE SOURNESS THAT IT IS AND PAYNE TO
A GUDE HERT TO BE ANE UNDERLOUT OR A SERVAND AND
THARFORE WAR HE NEVER SA GRETE A LORDIS SONE APPERTENAND
TO BE LORD HE WAR THE BETTER THAT IN ZOUTHEDE
SUM LORD THAT HE SERVIT TO KERVE BEFORE HIM TO SERVE
IN CHAUMER TILL ARME A LORD TILL OURSEE HIS HORS THAT
THAI WAR WELE GOVERNYT AND GRATHIT TO HAUNT ARMOURIS
TO RYN A SPERE TO EXCERCISE WAPNIS AND OTHIR HABILITEIS
OF HONOUR QUHILK APPERTENIS TO NOBLESS AND NAMELY
THAI SULD BE TECHIT AND DOCTRINYT BE A KNYCHT THAY
ZONG LORDIS SONIS THAT THOCHT TO BE KNYCHTIS FOR RYCHT
AS IT WAR NOCHT SEMAND TILL A ZONG MAN THAT WAD LERE
TO BE A MAN OF CRAFT SULD LERE AT ANE OTHIR THAT WAR
NOCHT OF THE CRAFT SA IS IT UNSEMAND THAT LORDIS SONIS
THAT WALD BE IN THE MAIST NOBLE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE
SULD SETT THAME TO LERE THE DOCUMENTIS AND PROPRIETEIS
OF THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE BOT AT THAME THAT WAR
EXPERT IN THE KNAULAGE OF VIRTUES AND GUDE THEWIS
HONOURABLE THAT TO THE SAID ORDRE APPERTENIS THE
QUHILKIS AR UNKNAWABLE TILL IGNORAUNT AND UNWORTHY <L 37>
<P 17>
<L 1> PERSONIS. FOR THE GRETE NOBLESS OF THE SAID ORDRE
MAY NOCHT BEIDE AT KEPING OF HORS NA JUSTIS NA TOURNAYMENTIS
NA ZIT TO HAUNT NA DUELL WITH LORDIS NA
KNYCHTIS IN COMPANY TO PAS IN WERIS NA IN BATAILLIS
BOT IT WAR RYCHT EXPEDIENT THAT THARE WAR DEVISIT AND
ORDANYT BE THE PRINCE SCOLIS OF DOCTRINYNG AND TECHING
OF THE NOBLE POYNTIS AND PROPERTEIS THAT EFFERIS TO THAT
HYE AND WORTHY ORDRE TILL ZONG LORDIS BARNIS THAT WAR
LYKLY TO CUM TO PERFECTIOUN AND THAT THE KNAULAGE
THAR OF WAR WRITTIN IN BUKIS BE WYS MEN OF KNAULAGE
THAT KNEWE AND HAD EXPERIENCE THAROF SA THAT IGNORANT
ZONG LORDIS BARNIS MYCHT FIRST LERE THE SCIENCE BE
STUDY AND SPECULACIOUN AND SYNE EFTER THAI MYCHT
QUHEN THAI COME ELDAR LERE THE PRACTIK OF THE ORDRE
BE CONVERSACIOUN AS TO PAS TO DIVERS JUSTIS AND
TOURNAYMENTIS TO DIVERS REALMES IN DIVERS VOYAGIS
AND BATTAILLIS SA MYCHT THAI HAVE THE PRATYK WITH THE
SCIENCE FOR VILE THING IS TO BERE OFFICE OR ORDRE AND
NOCHT TO KNAWE THE GOVERNAUNCE THAR OF THROU WILFULL
<L 20> IGNORAUNCE FOR WAR NOCHT THE SCULIS OF CLERGY MONY
ERROURIS AND IGNORAUNCIS WAR IN THE WARLD MARE NA
THARE IS BOT SEN THARE IS NA SCULIS OF CHEVALRYE
QUHAT MARVAILL IS THOUCHE THARE BE MONY KNYCHTIS UNWYTTY
FOR WAR ALL KNYCHTIS AND CLERKIS BUT ERROUR
THAN WALD THAI BE TILL ALL THE LAVE OF THE WARLD A
GUDE MYROUR AND THAN SULD ILKANE DREDE TO DO
WRANGIS AND INJURIS TILL OTHIR AND SEN THIR TWA THINGIS
GOVERNIS AND MANETENIS ALL THIS WARLD THE TANE THE
SPIRITUALITEE THE TOTHER THE TEMPORALITEE AND THARE IS
SA MONY SCULIS IN SERE CONTREIS OF SCIENCIS OF CLERGY
AND NOCHT ANE THAT MEN WATE OF THE NOBIL ORDRE OF
CHEVALRYE THAN AR THE GOVERNOURIS AND MANETENOURIS
OF THE SAID ORDRE TO BLAME IN THAIR AWIN PROUFFIT
AND HONOUR QUHARE SA GRETE NEDE IS TO BE SA
NEGLIGENT.
QUHARFOR THE AUTOUR OF THIS BUKE PRAYIS AND
<L 37> REQUERIS AND MEKELY MAKIS SUPPLICACIOUN TO THE
<P 18>
<L 1> MAGESTEE RYALL AND TILL ALL THE COMPANY OF THE
NOBLESS AND CHYVALRYE OF THE REALME THAT THAI
ASSEMBLE THAME TOGIDDER AND MAK REFORMACIOUN OF
THIS GRETE FAULT THAT IS MAID TO THE NOBLE ORDRE AND
THE GRETE WRANG THAT IS DONE TILL IT IN THE FAULT OF
DOCTRINE AND TECHING OF THE POYNTIS AND PROPRIETEIS
OF NOBLESSE ( ETC )
THE THRID CHAPITRE
(MARG) ( TERTIUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 12> NOW SEN THE DOCTOUR HAS DECLARIT IN SUM PART THE
POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE WITH THE PROPRIETEIS AND CONDICIOUNS
NOW LYKIS IT HIM TO SPEKE OF THE OFFICE THAT
FOLLOWIS THE SAID ORDRE. THAT IS TO SAY TO QUHAT
PURPOS IT WAS ORDANYT TO QUHAT FYNE AND QUHAT
ENTENCIOUN AND HOW GIF KNYCHTIS US NOCHT THAIR
OFFICE THAI AR CONTRARIUS TO THAIR ORDRE AND TO THE
BEGYNNYNG OF THAIR AWIN MAKING FOR THE QUHILK CAUS
<L 20> HE IS NOCHT VERAY KNYCHT IN DEDE SUPPOS HE BERE THE
NAME FOR SIK KNYCHTIS AR MARE VILLAYNIS NA IS OUTHIR
SMYTHE WRYCHT OR MASOUN THAT DOIS THAIR CRAFT AS THAI
AR TECHIT AND THARE FOR TO SCHAW THE POYNTIS OF THE
ORDRE IS GRETE MERYT TO THAME THAT WATE IT NOCHT THE
QUHILKIS HE DECLARIS HERE EFTERWART AND FIRST AND FORMAST
KNYCHTHEDE WAS ORDANYIT TO MANETENE AND DEFEND
HALY KIRK AND THE FAITH FOR THE QUHILK GOD THE FADER
OF HEVYN SEND HIS SONE IN THIS WARLD TO TAK IN HIM
OURE HUMANITEE FLESCHLY INUMBRIT AND INCARNATE IN
THE GLORIOUS VIRGYNE MARY HIS SUETE MODER BE THE
JOYFULL MESSAGE BROCHT TILL HIR BE THE ANGEL GABRIEL
AND SYNE FOR OURE SAKIS AND TO SYNDE US OF THE ORIGYNALE <L 32>
<P 19>
<L 1> SYN AND TO GEVE US ETERNALE LYF TUKE DEDE AND PASSIOUN
HERE WITH GRETE DISPISING VILAYNOUS TO GEVE US ENSAMPLE
AND INFORMACIOUN HOW WE SULD REULE OURE LYFING
HERE QUHILK ORDANYT ALL WRITTIS FOR OURE TECHING AND
DOCTRINE AND ALL HIS WERKIS AND DEDIS HERE HE DID
FOR OURE ENSAMPLE AND ENFORMYNG TO MULTIPLY HIS
FAITH AND THUS RYCHT AS HE HAS CHOSIN TO GROWE
AND MANETENE HIS FAYTH THE WORTHI AND WYS CLERKIS TO
HALD SCOLIS AND ILKANE TO TECHE OTHIR BE THE HALY
WRYTTIS OF PROPHECIES AND OF LAWIS AGANIS THE INYMYES
OF THE FAITH RYCHT SA THE HYE GLORIOUS GOD CHESIT
KNYCHTIS TO BE HIS CAMPIOUNS SA THAT THE UNWORTHY
MYSTROWARIS AND REBELLOURIS AGAYNIS HIS FAITH MYCHT BE
THROU THAME CHASTISIT BE FORCE OF ARMES TO VENCUS
AND OURECUM HIS INYMYES THE QUHILKIS EVERY DAY FORS
THAME AT THAIR POWAR TO PUT DOUN THE FAYTH OF HALY
KIRK AND THIR KNYCHTIS THAT THUS OCCUPYIS THAME IN THE
DEFENS OF HIS RYCHTIS AR CALLIT HIS KNYCHTIS OF HONOUR
IN THIS WARLD AND IN THE TOTHIR THAT DEFENDIS THE
<L 20> HALY KIRK AND THE CRISTYN FAITH QUHILK IS OURE SAULE
HELE AND SALVACIOUN AND THARE FORE KNYCHTIS THAT HAS
FAITH AND BAPTESME IN HIM AND USIS NOCHT THE VERTUES
AND PROPERTEIS OF THE FAITH AR CONTRARIUS TILL OTHERIS THAT
KEPIS THE FAITH EVYN AS A MAN THAT GOD HAS GEVYN
TILL RESOUN AND DISCRECIOUN AND HE DOIS EVYN THE
CONTRARY THUS HE THAT HAS FAITH AND KEPIS IT NOCHT
IS CONTRARIUS TILL HIMSELF FOR HE WALD BE SAUF AND
GAIS NOCHT THE HYE GATE TILL SALVACIOUN FOR QUHY
HIS WILL DISCORDIS WITH HIS WITT AND LEDIS IT THE WAY
OF MYSTREUTH THAT IS AGAYNE HIS SALVACIOUN AND LEDIS
HIM TO THE WAY OF ETERNALE DAMPNACIOUN AND SYK
MEN TAKIS THE OFFICE AND ORDRE MARE TO BE PRISIT AND
HONOURIT IN THIS WARLD NA FOR ANY PROUFFIT THAT THAI
THINK TO DO TO GOD NA TO THAIR PRINCE THAT GAVE THAME
THE OFFICE BOT THE MAIST NOBLE OFFICERIS AND ORDRES
IN THIS ERDE AR OFFICE AND ORDRE OF CLERKIS AND OF
KNYCHTIS AND THE BEST LUFE IN THIS ERDE IS AY BETUIX <L 37>
<P 20>
<L 1> THAME AND THARFORE RYCHT AS CLERGY WAS NOCHT ORDANYT
TO BE AGAYN THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE BOT TO
HONOUR IT AND THAME THAT WORTHILY BERIS IT SA SULDE
KNYCHTIS NOCHT BE AGANIS THE HALY ORDRE AND OFFICE
OF CLERGY TO MANETENE WORSCHIP AND DEFEND IT AGANIS
THE REBELLOURIS AND EVILL WILLARIS OF THE KIRK THAT ARE
CALLIT SONIS OF INIQUITEE AS THAI AR OBLIST IN TAKING OF
THE SAID ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE FOR A MAN IS NOCHT
ANERLY OBLIST TO LUFE HIS ORDRE BOT HE IS OBLIST WITH
THAT TO LUFE THAME THAT BE OTHIR ORDRES UNDER HIS AWIN
LORD FOR TO LUFE HIS ORDRE AND NOCHT TO LUFE THE CAUS
THAT HIS ORDRE IS ORDANYT FOR FOR SYK LUFE IS NOCHT
ORDER LYKE FOR GOD HAS ORDANYT NANE ORDER UNDER
HIM TO BE CONTRAIR TILL ANE OTHIR AND AS TO THAT THARE
IS ORDRES OF RELIGIOUS THAT FEW OF THAME LUFIS ANE OTHIR
AND ZIT LUFIS WELL THAIR AWIN ORDRE BOT THAT IS NOCHT
THE RYCHT ORDRE OF LUFE AND CHARITEE THAT SULD BE
IN RELIGIOUS AND RYCHT SA A KNYCHT SULD NOCHT
SAMEKLE LUFE HIS AWIN ORDRE THAT HE MYS LUFE OTHER
ORDRES, FOR THAT WAR AGANIS GOD AND GUDE FAITH
FOR THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE IS SA HYE THAT QUHEN
A KING MAKIS A KNYCHT HE SULDE MAK HIM LORD AND
GOVERNOUR OF GRETE LANDIS AND CONTREIS EFTER HIS

WORTHINES, AND ALL KNYCHTIS SULD THINK THAT THERE IS
A LORD AND SYRE ABONE ALL KNYCHTIS FOR THE HONOUR
OF QUHAM THAI AR ALL MAID KNYCHTIS FOR TO DO HIS
WILL AND SERVE HIM FYRST AND SYNE THAIR TEMPORALE
LORDIS.
ITEM THE EMPEROUR AW TO BE KNYCHT IN SIGNIFICAUNCE
THAT HE IS LORD AND SYRE OF ALL KNYCHTIS IN
TEMPORAILITEE AND BE CAUS THAT THE EMPEROUR MAY
NOCHT MAK NA GOVERNE ALL KNYCHTIS THARE WAS ORDANYT
KING IS TO BE SUBORDINATE PERSONIS NEXT EFTER EMPEROURIS
TO GOVERNE REALMES AND CONTREIS THE QUHILKIS
SULD ALSSUA BE KNYCHTIS SA THAT THAI MAY MAK
KNYCHTIS FOR NA MAN MAY MAK KNYCHTIS BOT HE BE
KNYCHT BEFORE SAUFFAND THE PAPE. ALSSUA ALL KINGIS <L 37>
<P 21>
<L 1> SULD HAVE UNDER THAME DUKKIS AND PRINCIS ERLLIS
AND VICOUNTES AND VAUVASSOURIS AND BAROUNS AND
UNDER THE BAROUNS KNYCHTIS OF A SCHELDE THE QUHILKIS
SULD GOVERNE THAME BE THE ORDYNANCE OF THE BAROUNS
THAT AR IN THE HYAR DEGREE OF KNYCHTHEDE BEFORE
NAMYT AND THAT GERRIS HE MULTIPLY KNYCHTIS IN
TAKENYNG THAT NA KING BOT HE MAY NA CAN GOVERNE
ALL THE GENERALITEE OF KNYCHTIS IN ERDE FOR THARE IS
NOUTHIR EMPEROURE NA KING THAT CAN NA MAY IN
HIS REGNE GOVERNE ALL HIS SUBDITIS BUT HELP OF HIS
KNYCHTIS. BOT THE KING OF GLORE CAN WELE ALLANE BUT
OTHIR POWER NA OF HIS AWIN VERTU AND MAJESTEE CAN
AND MAY GOVERNE AND REUGLE ALL THIS ERDE AND ALL
THE HEVIN AT HIS AWIN PLESAUNCE THE QUHILK IS ANE
ANERLY GOD ALLANE IN TRINITEE AND UNITEE AND THARFOR
WALD HE NOCHT THAT ONY KNYCHT ALLANE MYCHT
MAK A KNYCHT THAT SULD GOVERNE ALL THE KNYCHTIS OF
THIS WARLD BOT HE ALLANE AND THARFORE ORDANYT HE IN
THIS WARLD MONY OF KNYCHTIS TO BE THAT HIS MAGESTEE
<L 20> MAY THE BETTER BE KNAWIN AND THAT KINGIS AND PRINCIS
SULD MAK OFFICERIS UNDER THAME OF KNYCHTIS AND
FORTHY DOIS A KING OR A PRINCE GRETE WRANG TO THE
ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE QUHEN HE MAKIS OTHIR SEREFFIS
BAILLIES OR PROVOSTIS OF OTHIR LAWLYAR MEN NA KNYCHTIS
FOR THAN AR KINGIS AND PRINCIS CAUS OF THE ABUSIOUN
OF THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE QUHILK WAS ORDANYT FOR
SIK CAUS FOR THAT ORDRE WAS ORDANYT TO BE SUBSTITUTE
TILL PRINCIS AND KINGIS APON THE GOVERNEMENT OF THE
PEPLE AS MAIST WORTHY AND MAIST HONOURABLE FOR SIK
GOVERNAUNCE OF SMALL PEPLE AND ABONE THAME DUKIS
ERLLIS AND BAROUNS AND ABUNE THAI KINGIS AND PRINCIS
AND ABONE PRINCIS AND KINGIS ALLANERLY EMPEROURIS AND
PAPIS. AND THUS SULD THE WARLD BE GOVERNYT BE
COMMOUN REUGLE OF GOVERNAUNCE SAUFAND KINGIS THAT
AR PRIVILEGIT OR PRESCRIBIT IN THAIRE POWER IMPERIALE
AND THUS KNYCHTHEDE IS THE HYEST TEMPORALE ORDRE
<L 37> THAT IS IN THE WARLD, BUT NOCHT THE HIEST OFFICE FOR
<P 22>
<L 1> KINGIS AND EMPEROURIS IS NOCHT ORDRE BOT IT IS OFFICE
BE THE QUHILK OFFICE THAI PRECELL ABONE ALL OTHIR OFFICIS
OF TEMPORALITEE AS DUKIS COUNTES MARQUIS VAUVASOUR
BAROUN AND KNYCHTIS AND SUPPOS OF ALL OFFICIS OF
HONOURABILITEE THE KNYCHTIS OFFICE BE THE LAWAST OF OFFICE
OF DIGNITEE UNDER IMPERIALE OR RYALE MAGESTEE NEVERTHELES
THE ORDRE IS HYEST AND MAIST HONORABLE FOR
QUHY THAT ALL EMPEROURIS AND KINGIS AW TO BERE THAT
ORDRE OR ELLIS THAIR DIGNITEE IS NOCHT PERFYTE FOR ELLIS
MAY THAI MAK NA KNYCHTIS . AND BE HONORABILITEE
OF THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE GRETE HONOUR IS ORDANYT
BE THE LAWIS TO DO TO KNYCHTIS AND BE NOBLESS OF
HONOUR THAT IS PUT TILL HIM HE SULD HAVE NOBLESS OF
VERTUES AND WORTHYNESSE IN HIS CURAGE BE THE QUHILK
NOBLESS OF CURAGE HE SULD BE LESS INCLYNIT TILL ALL
WIKKITNESSE AND ALL VICIS OF BARAT AND TRECHERY AND
OTHIR VILLAIN CONDICIOUNS NA ONY OTHIR PERSONE
THE OFFICE ALSSUA OF KNYCHTHEDE AW TO DEFEND HIS
NATURALE LORD AND MANETENE HIM FOR A KING IS BOT
<L 20> A MAN ALLANE BUT HIS MEN AND BUT THAM THARE MAY
NA KING GOVERNE NA DEFFEND HIS PEPLE NA ZIT NANE
OTHIR LORD FOR THAI AR BOT SYNGULERE PERSONIS AND THUS
GIF ONY MAN BE AGANIS THE MAGESTEE OR OTHIR LORDIS
OF THE TEMPORALITEE THE KNYCHTIS SULD HELP HIM TO
DEFEND AND MANETENE HIS RYCHTIS BUT COMMONLY
ANE EVILL WIKKIT KNYCHT TAKIS PARTY CONTRAIR WITH A
KINGIS SUBDITIS AGAYNE HIM SELF FOR HE WALD HAVE
HIS LORD PUT DOUNE THAT HE MYCHT HAVE SUM PART OF
THE LORDSCHIP BOT THAN WIRKIS HE AGAYNE HIS AWIN
ORDRE AND OFFICE THAT HE IS ORDAYNIT FOR THAT IS
ANE THE FAITH OF JHESUS CRIST ANE OTHIR HIS NATURALE
LORD THE THRID THE PEPLE IN THAIR RICHTIS FOR THE
KNYCHTIS AR ADETTIT TO MANETENE AND DEFEND JUSTICE
FOR RYCHT AS A JUGE HAS POWAR BE HIS OFFICE TO JUGE
AND GEVE A SENTENCE RYCHT SA HAS HE POWER TO KEPE
HIS JUGEMENTIS FRA FORS AND FRA WRANG AND VIOLENCE
<L 37> IN EXCERCISIOUN AND IN EXECUCIOUN OF HIS JUGEMENT
<P 23>
<L 1> AND SENTENCE AND BE CAUS THAT TILL JUGEMENT OF CAUS
PERTENIS WELE WISDOME AND DISCRECIOUN OF CLERGY TO
KNAW THE LAWIS IT IS A NOBLE THING QUHEN KNYCHTHEDE
AND CLERGY IS ASSEMBLIT TOGEDIR SA THAT KNYCHTIS
WAR CLERKIS AND WELE LETTERIT MEN SA THAT THAI WAR
THE MARE SUFFICIAND TO BE JUGIS BE THE KNAULAGE OF
SCIENCE OF LAWIS FOR THAN WAR THARE NA MAN MARE
WORTHY NA HABLE TILL TO BE A JUGE NA A KNYCHT CLERK
FOR BOT SCIENCE OF CLERGY TO KNAW THE LAWIS THARE IS
NA MAN WORTHY TO BERE OFFICE OF JUSTICE.
KNYCHTIS SULD BE WELE RYDDIN AND IN ZOUTHEDE LERE
TO BE WELE RYDDIN ON DESTRELLIS AND COURSERIS, TILL HAUNTE
JUSTIS AND TOURNAYMENTIS TO HALD TABLE ROUND TO HUNT
AND HAUK AT HERT AND HYNDE DAA AND RAA BERE AND
BAARE, LOUP AND LYOUN, AND ALL SIK HONOURABLE PLESAUNCIS
AND SA MAYNTENAND THE OFFICE AND THE ORDRE OF
KNYCHTHEDE WORTHILY AND AS ALL THIR PROPERTEIS BEFORE
SAID PERTENIS TILL A KNYCHT AS TO THE HABILNES OF
HIS CORPS RYCHT SA IS THARE OTHIR PROPRIETEIS PERTENAND
<L 20> TO THE SAULE AS JUSTICE FORCE PRUDENCE AND TEMPERAUNCE
CHARITEE AND VERITEE LAUTEE AND HUMILITEE
FAITH ESPERAUNCE SUBTILITEE AGILITEE AND WITH ALL OTHIR
VERTUES TOUCHAND TO WISEDOME APPERTENIS TILL HIM AS TO
THE SAULE. AND FORTHY WHEN A KNYCHT HAS ALL STRENTHIS
AND HABILITEIS THAT APPERTENIS TO THE CORPS AND HAS
NOCHT THAME THAT APPERTENIS TO THE SAULE HE IS NOCHT
VERRAY KNYCHT BOT IS CONTRARIUS TO THE ORDRE AND
INYMY OF KNYCHTHEDE FOR THAN IT WAR LYKE THAT KNYCHTHEDE
WAR CONTRARIUS TO THE SAULE BEHUFE, THE QUHILK
IS FALSE FOR THE PRINCIPALE CAUS OF THE ORDRE IS TO THE
MANETENAUNCE OF THE CRISTYN FAITH AND OF ALL VERTUES
AND INYMY TO VICIS.
ITEM OFFICE OF KNYCHTIS IS TO MANETENE AND GOVERNE
LANDIS AND POLICY AND TO DEFEND THAME FOR THE RADDOUR
AND THE DREDE THAT THE PEPLE HAS OF THE KNYCHTIS
THAI BYDE APON THAIR CRAFTIS AND LABOURAGIS AND GRATHIS
<L 37> LYFING FOR THE LORDIS FOR DOUT TO BE UNDONE DESTROYIT,
<P 24>
<L 1> AND DESERTIT AND THUS AR THE KINGIS DRED FOR THE
KNYCHTIS AND THARE SAIS THE DOCTOUR THAT A FALS
KNYCHT THAT WILL NOCHT HELP TO DEFEND HIS KING AND
HIS LORD NATURALE IS LYKE FAITH BOT GUDE CHARITABLE
WERKIS OR KNYCHTHEDE TUME AND IDILL BOT OFFICE OR
HERETIKE AGANIS THE FAITH AND THUS A FALSE KNYCHT
THAT IS UNTREWE THAT DOIS NOCHT THE BIDDING OF HIS
PRINCE AND IS CONTRARIUS TILL HIS BIDDINGIS AND OPYNIOUNS
DOIS GRETE WRANG TO THE KNYCHTIS THAT FECHTIS TO
THE DEDE FOR JUSTICE AND FOR THE FAITH AND FOR HIS
PRINCE AND HIS NATURALE LORD AND IS WORTHY TO BE
PUNYST UTTERLY FOR THARE IS NA ORDRE NA OFFICE THAT
IS MAID BOT IT MAY BE UNMAID OR ELLIS GODDIS MYCHT
WAR BOT SMALL AND THAN SEN THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE
WAS ORDANYT BE GOD ALMYCHTY AND GOVERNYT AND MANETENYT
BE THAME THAT BERIS THE SAID ORDRE GIF THAI THAT
SULD GOVERNE THE SAID ORDRE AND MANETENE IT MISGOVERNYS
IT AND DOIS THE CONTRAIRE THE ORDRE IS LYTILL
BEHALDYN TO THAME FOR THAI UNDO THE ORDRE AND
THUS THE WIKKIT KING UNDOIS NOCHT ANERLY THE ORDER
<L 21> OF KNYCHTHEDE IN HIMSELF BOT ALSSUA HE UNDOIS IT IN
HIS KNYCHTIS QUHEN HE GERRIS THAME DO AGANIS THE
ORDRE OUTHIR BE EVILL ENSAMPLE THAT HE GEVIS THAME
DOAND THINGIS THAT AR AGANIS THE SAID ORDRE OR BE
FLATERY THAT THAI MAK TO THAIR WIKKIT MAISTER AND FALS
SUGGESTIOUN TO GER THAME BE LUFIT OF HIM KNAWAND
THAT HE IS EVILL SETT AND WILL REDILY TROW EVILL TALIS
AND ALL THUS GIF IT BE EVILL DONE TO GERR A KNYCHT
BE MISGOVERNYT AND MYSFARNE THROU EVILL GOVERNAUNCE
IT IS MEKLE WER DONE TO MISGOVERNE MONY KNYCHTIS
AS THIR WIKKIT PRINCIS DOIS THAT ALL THE CHARGE OF THE
MISGOVERNAUNCE OF ALL THE KNYCHTIS OF HIS REALME IS
BE HIS DEFAULT AND NEGLIGENCE OR THAT THAI BE SA
WIKKIT IN THAME SELF THAT THAI GEVE HIM UNWORTHY
COUNSALE TO DO APON HIS SUBJECTIS EXTORSIOUNS BE WIKKITNESSE
OF TYRANNYE OR OF BARATE OR TRECHERY TRESOUN
<L 37> TO THAIR NATURALE LORDIS OR UNLEAUTEE TILL HIS SUBDITIS
<P 25>
<L 1> BE FORCE OF THAIR WIKKIT CURAGE. AND THAN IS SYK A
PRINCE MEKLE TO PRISE AND TO LOVE THAT KNAWIS SYK
TRYCHOURIS AND TROMPOURIS AND UNWORTHY TRAYTOURIS
THAT BERIS WASTE NAME OF KNYCHTHEDE THAT WALD COUNSALE
HIM AND TYCE HIM TO FORFFET AND UNDO THE
WORTHY AND NOBLE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE THAT HE HAS
SA HONOURABLY TANE AND WORTHILY HYDERTILLIS HAS MANETENYT.
MEKLE HONOUR AND WORSCHIP IS IN HIS CURAGE
OF THE PRINCE THAT SA DOIS AND MEKLE SULD BE LUFIT
WITH THAME THAT BERIS THE ORDRE WORTHILY QUHEN HE
TAKIS SIK VENGEAUNCE OF THE INYMYES OF THE ORDRE
THAT THROU THAIR WIKKIT COUNSALE WALD CORRUMPE HIS
NOBLE CURAGE.
ITEM THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE STANDIS IN THE CORAGE
AND NOCHT IN THE CORSSAGE FOR ELLIS WAR THE ORDRE LITILL
WORTH FOR QUHY A LYTILL PERSONE MAY QUHILUM
THROU HABILITEE OF CORPS OURE CUM A MEKLE AND TAK
HIM AND ENPRISOUN HIM. BOT A THOUSAND MEN
SUPPOS THAI BE NEVER SA STARK, MAY NOCHT OURE CUM
<L 20> NA VENCUS A GUDE KNYCHTIS CURAGE AND THUS IS THE

ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE MARE WORTHILY IN THE CURAGE NA
IN THE CORSSAGE FOR ELLIS WAR NOCHT THAT THE KNYCHTHEDE
ACCORDIT BETTER TO THE BODY NA TO THE SAULE.
AND BE THAT, THE UNWORTHY COWARTIS KNYCHTIS THAT FLEIS
IN BATAILLIS FRA THAIR LORDIS AR NOCHT WORTHY TO BE
CALLIT KNYCHTIS NA TO BERE THE HONOUR THAT TO WORTHY
KNYCHTIS EFFERIS FOR THAI DREDE MARE THE DISTROUBLAUNCE
AND MALESE OF THAIR CORSSAGE NA THE HONOURE AND
WORSCHIP OF THAIR CURAGE THAT APPERTENIS TO THE ORDRE
OF KNYCHTHEDE OF RYCHT. AND THUS NOBLESS OF CURAGE
IS BETTER PERTENAND TO KNYCHTIS NA IS FORCE OF CORSSAGE
OR ELLIS SUERENES AND COWARDISE IN MANNIS PERSONE SULD
BE OF THE PROPRIETEIS OF THE ORDRE, AND HARDYNES
AND LARGESSE SULD BE CONTRARIUS TILL IT AND AND THAT WAR
MEKLE UNRESOUN. BOT BE ALL GUDE WAY OF ORDER QUHEN
A GUDE KNYCHT IS OURE SETT WITH OURE GRETE POWAR AND
LESSE HAS OF HELP AND OF FALOUSCHIP TO SUPPLE HIM IN <L 37>
<P 26>
<L 1> SA MEKLE SULD HE HAVE MARE HYE CURAGE AND MARE
FORCE OF SPIRIT TO OURE CUM ALL HIS ADVERSARIS AND
GIF HE BE OURE THRAWIN TILL MANETENE THE POYNTIS AND
PROPRIETEIS OF THE WORTHY ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE THAN
HAS HE OPTENYT THE HONOUR AND THE LOSE OF THE WORSCHIPFULL
REWARD AND MERYT OF JUSTICE THAT DEIS FOR
THE DEFENS OF THE RYCHT AND MANETENAUNCE OF THE
WORSCHIPFULL AND MERITABLE POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE AS
HE THAT DEIS FOR LUFE AND LEAUTEE AND HONOUR OF
THE NOBLE ORDRE THAT HE WAS ORDANYT TO, FOR THE
WIS MAN SAIS THAT KNYCHTHEDE AND HARDYNESSE MAY
NEVER LANGSUMLY DWELL TOGIDER BOT WISEDOME AND
DISCRECIOUN. FOR QUHARE NA WISDOME NA DISCRECIOUN
RESTIS HOW SULD THARE BE KNAULAGE OF HONOURE NA
HOW SULD THAT PERSONE DISCERNE BETUIX HONORABLE AND
DISHONORABLE ACT OR UNDERTAKING OF WORSCHIP QUHARE
WISDOME IS AWAY FOR WISEDOME WILL NEVER MARE MAK
FAULT TILL HIS HONOUR. AND FORTHY IS IT SIGNIFYIT TILL
ALL KNYCHTIS OF HONOUR THAT A KNYCHT MAY NEVER BE
<L 2 > HARDY NA HAVE THE VERTUES THAT TO KNYCHTHEDE SULD
PERTENE BOT HE HAVE WISDOME IN HIM NA THARE IS
NA MAN THAT MAY SA MEKLE HONOUR DO TILL HIS ORDRE
OF KNYCHTHEDE AS TO STAND TO THE UTTEREST WITH STARK
CURAGE FOR THE RYCHT FERMELY AND NEVER CONSENT TO
LEVE HIS LORD NA HIS RYCHTWIS ACTIOUN TO DEE THARFORE
AND TREULY THAT MON BE REUGLIT WITH WITT ANDE
RESOUN AND NOCHT BE FOLY NA IGNORAUNCE FOR QUHEN
FOLY AND IGNORAUNCE IS WITH THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE
WIT AND RESOUN KNAULAGE AND DISCRECIOUN AR FLEMYT
THAREFRA FOR WISEDOME RESOUN AND DISCRECIOUN AR THE
LEDARIS AND GOVERNOURIS OF CHEVALRYE BATHE IN KNYCHT
KING AND EMPEROURE AND BUT WISEDOME THE ORDER IS
PERVERTIT, FOR INPOSSIBLE THING IT IS THAT FOLY AND
IGNORAUNCE GOVERNE THAT WORTHY ORDRE AND THAN MON
IT ON NEDE FORCE BE GOVERNYT BE WISEDOME. AND THUS
IS IT THAT SEN THE ORDRE IS REUGLIT BE WITT AND WISDOME
<L 37> THAN SULD ALL GUDE KNYCHTIS PRES THEME TO BE
<P 27>
<L 1> WYS, AND SETT THARON ALL THAIR HERT AND MYNDE, THE
QUHILK MAKIS KNYCHT SA CURAGEUS THAT HE DOUBTIS
NOCHT THE DEDE IN REGARDE OF HONOURE AND HIS RYCHTWIS
CAUS THAT HE MAY LUFE AND HONOUR HIS ORDRE,
TO SAUF BATHE SAULE AND HONOUR IN THE CONTRAIR OF
FOLY AND IGNORAUNCE.

ITEM, OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE IS TO MANTENE AND DEFEND
WEDOWIS, MAIDENIS, FADERLES AND MODERLES BARNIS, AND
PORE MISERABLE PERSONIS AND PITEABLE AND TO HELP
THE WAYKE AGAYNE THE STARK, AND THE PURE AGAYN THE
RICHE FOR OFTTYMES SIK FOLK AR BE MARE STARK NA THAI
PELIT AND DEROBBIT AND THAIR GUDIS TANE AND PUT TO
DESTRUCTIOUN AND POVERTIE FOR FAULT OF POWER AND
DEFENSE AND BE CAUS ALL SIK DEDIS IS WIKKITNES,
CRUELTEE AND TYRANNY, THARFOR IS THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE
ORDANYT AS IN THAT POYNT AMANG THE LAVE TO
GAYNSTAND, AND GIF A KNYCHT HIMSELF BE THE MANETENAR
OR DOARE OF THIR THINGIS, HE IS UNWORTHY TO BERE
THE ORDRE FOR HIS WIKKITNES AND RYCHT AS GOD HAS
<L 20> GEVIN TO THE KNYCHT PITHE, HARDYNES AND HYE CURAGE,
RYCHT SA HAS HE GEVIN HIM PITEE IN HERT, TO HAVE MERCI
OF THE PURE THAT GRETIS ON HIM ASKAND HELP AND CONFOURT
FOR TRAIST THAT THAI HAVE IN THAME OF HELP. AND
THUS SULD A KNYCHT HAVE GUDE SICHT TO THE MISERABLE
PERSONIS GUDE ERIS TO HERE THAME AND GUDE MYNDE
TO THINK ON THAME THAT PITOUSLY CRYIS APON HIM FOR
HELP AND CONFOURT, AND HE THAT HAS NOCHT THIR
VERTUES IS NOCHT VERRAY KNICHT, NA SULD NOCHT BE
COMPTIT AS ANE OF THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE. ALSSUA,
AND THE OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE THAT SA MEKLE IS LUFIT
AND PRISIT AND HONOURIT, WAR TILL DERUB AND DESTROY
THE PORE FOLK AND ALL SIK PECEABLE PERSONIS AND TILL
DISSAVE WEDOWIS THAT HAS NA DEFENCE BOT GOD AND
THE OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE AND TILL MYSGOVERNE IN
THAIR GUDIS AND HERITAGIS AND DISSAVE THE FADERLES
AND MODERLES BARNIS AND ALL THING THAT WAR FALSATE
<L 37> BARATE, WIKKITNES AND TRECHERY WAR POYNTIS OF THE
<P 28>
<L 1> SAID OFFICE AND THE OFFICE WAR ALSMEKLE HONOURIT FOR
EVILL DEDIS AND WICKIT LYFING AS IT IS NOW FOR GUDE
DEDIS THARE SULD MA PRESS TO TAK THE SAID ORDRE AND
OFFICE NA THARE DOIS NOW FOR BE CAUSE THAT THE
ORDRE IS FOUNDED APON LAUTEE, CURTAISY, LIBERALITEE
LUFE AND PITEE MANY OF THAME THAT BERIS THE SAID
ORDRE IRKIS THAROF IN THE WARLD THAT NOW IS.
FOR THE OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE SULD HAVE STARK PLACE
IN GOVERNAUNCE AND HE SULD BE WELE HORSIT AND HAVE
POWER OF MEN TO KEPE THE CONTREE AND THE KINGIS
WAYIS ALL PILGRYMES TRAVAILOURIS MERCHANDIS LABOURARIS
AND SULD HAVE THE JURISDICTIOUN OF JUSTICE IN CITEIS
AND TOWNIS AND QUHEN NEDE WAR, TO ASSEMBLE THE
FOLK FOR THE PROUFFIT OF THE COMMOUNTEE AND QUHEN
PERILIS WAR APPERAND IN THE LANDIS TO BYRN MYSAL
HOUSIS AND DESTROYE PERILOUS PASSAGIS, GER HAG WODDIS
AND BYG AND MAK REPARACIOUN OF EVILL BIGGIT PLACIS
CASTELLIS, AND WALLIT TOWNIS AND FORTRESS AND KEPE
AND DEFEND ALL GUDELY PERSONIS CHASTIS AND PUNYS
<L 20> ALL MISDOARIS AND WIKKIT CRUELL PERSONIS, FOR AND THE
CONTRARY OF THIR GUDE POYNTIS WAR APPROPRIT TO THE
ORDRE, THAN ALL GUDE GOVERNAUNCE WALD FAILE, AND NA
MAN WALD BE SEUR. FOR THE OFFICE IS FOUNDIT AY ON
GUDE AND PROUFFITABLE WERKIS THAT AR SPEDEFULL TO
THE COMMOUN PROUFFIT AND TO GAYNSTAND ALL THAME
THAT SETTIS THAME FOR THE DISTRUBLAUNCE OF THE PORE
PEPLE AND HYNDERING OF THE COMMOUN PROUFFIT AND
TO PUT DOWN EVILL AND WIKKIT MEN AND TO FAVOUR
NURISE AND MANETENE GUDE PEPLE. FOR RYCHT AS THE
HEWING AX IS ORDANYT TO CUTT DOUNE TREIS THAT HYNDERIS
LABOURAGIS OF LANDIS AND CARTIS AND CHARIOTIS AND
MERCHANDICES TO PASSE THROUGH THE FORESTIS SA IS THE
SUERD OF KNYCHTHEDE ORDANYT TO KUTT AWAY AND DESTROYE
THE WICKKIT UNWORTHY WEDIS AND RONNIS OF THORNIS OF
EVILL MEN THAT LETTIS LABOURARIS MERCHANDIS AND TRAVALOURIS
TO TRAVALE THROU THE WARLD, QUHILK IS AS A
<L 37> FOREST AND WILDERNES QUHEN IT IS NOT WELE REDDE OFF
<P 29>
<L 1> THE QUHILK EVILL MEN SULD BE WEDIT OUT BE KNYCHTIS
KEPARIS OF THE LAWE THAT GUDE MEN MYCHT LYVE IN
LEE AND HE THAT IS A KNYCHT AND DOIS NOCHT THIS
BOT DOIS EVYN THE CONTRARY SULD BE TANE BE THE
PRINCE OR BE OTHIR WORTHY FAITHFULL AND HONOURABLE
KNYCHTIS AND PUT TILL DEDE. FOR QUHEN A KNYCHT IS
A REVARE OR A THEF OR A TRAYTOUR OR A MURTHERAR OR A
LOLLARD SCISMATIKE OR HERETIKE OR IN SYK CRIMYS OPINLY
KNAWIN AND APPROVIT THAN IS HE UNWORTHY FOR TO LYVE
BOT TO BE PUNYST IN EXAMPLE OF OTHERIS THAT DEFOULIS
THAT MAIST NOBLE AND WORTHY ORDRE AND ABUSIT IT
AGANIS THE POYNTIS AND THE PROPRIETEIS OF THE ORDER.
FOR IT WAR BETTER TO SYK A KNYCHT TO ZELDE HIM SELF
TO JUSTICE TO BE PUNYST WITH MORTALL PUNYCIOUN NA
TO LYVE IN SIK MISORDINATE LYF FOR TO UNDO HIM SELF
AND OTHERIS MONY QUHILK LESSE EVILL WAR THAT HE WAR
UNDONE ALLANE AND LESS CHARGE TILL HIS SAULE FOR
GIF A KNYCHT OR A LORD HAVE ALL THIR FORENAMYT VICIS
IN HIM OR ANY PART OF THAME AND WALD PUNYS OTHERIS
<L 20> AND WILL NOCHT PUNYS HIMSELF THAT IS NOCHT THE RYCHT
WAY OF JUSTICE, FOR GUDE JUSTICE BEGYNNIS AT IT SELF,
AND SYNE AT OTHIR MEN FOR GRETE LAK IS TO REPROVE
AND CORRECT OTHERIS IN THAT THAT HE IS FOULAR SMYTTIT
HIM SELF, QUHILK GIF HE WILL NOCHT DO OTHIR KNYCHTIS
SULD DO FOR HONOURE OF THAIR ORDRE, TILL HALD IT EVIR
IN HONOUR AND WORSCHIP AS WELE EFFERIS IT TO BE
AND ALL KNYCHTIS THAT FAVOURIS SYK CRUELL DEDIS AND
GERRIS NOCHT PUNYS THAME THAI AR FOULE IN THE DEDE
AS THE DOARIS OF THAME, FOR SYK MEN AR NOCHT VERRAY
KNYCHTIS BOT FEIGNED BERIS THE ORDRE, AND DOIS NOCHT
THE OFFICE FOR RYCHT AS A KNYCHT HAD A HURT IN ANE
OF HIS HANDIS THAT HURT IS MARE NERE AND DERE TO
THE LAVE OF HIS OTHIR MEMBRIS NA IT IS TO ME OR
ANE OTHIR MAN AND ERAR EFFERIS TILL HIM TO SETT REMEDE
THAREIN.  AND RYCHT SA GIF A KNYCHT MYSGOVERNIS
HIM IN SYK KYNDE THAT HE BE OUTHIR THEF OR TRAYTOUR
REVARE OR MURDERAR, IT APPERTENIS MARE TILL OTHIR <L 37>
<P 30>
<L 1> KNYCHTIS TO SETT THARE IN REMEDE NA IT DOIS TILL
OTHERIS THAT AR NA KNYCHTIS FOR ALL KNYCHTIS AR,
AND SULD BE AS A CORS. AND THARFFORE KNYCHTIS
HAS MARE WITE OF THE MYSGOVERNAUNCE OF OTHIR
KNYCHTIS NA ONY OTHIR MAN HAS AND MARE DISHONOURE
ALSSUA NA MEN THAT AR NA KNYCHTIS FOR IT IS THAIR
DEFAULT SEN THE CORRECTIOUNE EFFERIS TO THE ORDER AND
TO THE OFFICE FOR QUHY, HE IS INYMY TO THE ORDRE
THAT SA GOVERNYS AND THAN SULD IT WELE EFFERE TO
THE ORDER TO PUNYS THAIR INYMYES. QUHAREFORE, THOU
THAT ART A KNYCHT AND WILL CORREK OTHERIS DEFAULTIS
CORREK THINE AWIN FAULTIS FYRST. FOR A TRAYTOUR, THEF,
OR REVARE KNYCHT HE IS ALSSUA THEF, TRAYTOUR AND REVARE
TILL HIS ORDER THAT REVIS AT THE WORSCHIP AND THE
HONOUR THAT APPERTENIS TILL IT MARE NA TO REVE
OTHIR MENNIS GUDIS. FOR HE THAT STELIS OR REVIS HONOUR
FRA ONY PERSONE BRINGIS HIM HAME SCHAME AND DISHONOUR
AND EVILL RENOUNE, QUHILKIS HONOUR PASSIS
ALL RICHESS QUHAT DIFFERENCE IS THARE TO GUDE UNDERSTANDING
<L 20> TILL A TRAYTOUR THAT BETRAISIS HIS AWIN LORD
NATURALE OR HIS CASTELL OR HIS WYF OR HIS DOUCHTER
OR HIS ELDEST SONE OR SLAIS HIS COUNSALE AND MURDERIS
THAME OR SIK DEDIS DOIS IN REGARD OF HIM THAT EVER
WAS LELE AND TREWE IN ALL THIR THINGIS AND DEIS FOR
HIS LORD IN BATAILL PLACE AND ALSSUA QUHEN A
KNYCHT DEFENDIS ANE OTHIR THAT IS FALSE AND TRAYTOURE
TILL HIS PRINCE OR HIS NATURALE LORD AND WILL NOCHT
THOLE HIM CUM TO JUSTICE NOR NA PUNYCIONE TO BE
DONE APON HIM HE IS WER NA HE THAT DID THE DEDE
AND THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE IS DISHONOURIT IN HIS
PERSONE THAT MANETENIS AND WILL NOCHT BRING TO
JUSTICE A FALSE TRAYTOUR AND UNWORTHY WAR THAT HE
HAD JUSTICE IN KEPING.
ANE OTHIR POYNT OF THE OFFICE OF THE KNYCHTHEDE IS
TO ACCUSE TRAYTOURIS AGANIS HIS PRINCE OR OTHERIS THAT
IT EFFERIS AND TILL APPELLE THAME OF BATAILL AND FEICHT
<L 37> WYTH THAME. AND OFFICE OF TRAYTOUR IS TO DENY HIS
<P 31>
<L 1> TRESOUN AND HYDE IT AND COVER IT QUHILL HE MAY AND
ESCHEWE ALL PRUFIS THAR OF AND THUS AR THE TWA CURAGIS
WELE CONTRARIUS TOGIDDER THAT NEVER CURAGE OF TRAYTOUR
MYCHT OUR CUM ANE NOBLE CURAGE OF A TREW KNYCHT,
BOT GIF IT BE THROW PRIDE OR SURQUIDY, THAT IS CALLIT
OUR PRESUMPTUOUS IN HIM SELF THE QUHILK GOD THOLES
QUHILOM BE PUNYST IN BATAILL PLACE. BOT THE CURAGE
OF A LELE KNYCHT THAT FOR A LELE CAUS DEBATIS MAY
NOCHT BE OUR CUMMYN BOT GIF IT BE FOR SUM SYN
AGAYNIS THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE. FOR GIF A KNYCHT
WALD REVE FRA THE SMALL PEPLE THE GUDE THAT GOD HAS
GEVIN THAME AND GEVE IT TILL OTHERIS THAT HE AW
NOCHT TO THAT WAR AGAYNE THE OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE
TO TAK FRA LAWAR NA HIMSELF OUTHIR MOBLE GUDIS OR
POSSESSIOUNS AND HALD IT AS HERETAGE TILL HIM, NOCHT
GEVAND NA RESTORAND AGAYN, HE MAY BE LYKNYT TO
THE WOLF THAT THE LORD GAVE THE SCHEPE TO KEPE TO AS
TILL A FAMILYAR FAA OR HE MAY BE LYKNYT TILL A FULE
LORDE THAT LEFT HIS FAIRE WYF IN KEPING TILL A ZONG
TRAYTOUR KNYCHT OR HE THAT LEFT HIS STARK CASTELL
<L 21> AND HIS GUDIS TILL A BITTER CUVATOUS KNYCHT UNTREW
KNYCHT AND THUS IS HE MEKLE TO WYTE THAT GEVIS
HIS CASTELL OR HIS WYF OR HIS SCHEPE IN SYK GOVERNAUNCE.
OR HOW ANE OTHIR SULD TRAIST HIS GOVERNAUNCE
IN HIM THAT GOVERNIS NOCHT WELE HIM SELF FOR THIR
AR THINGIS THAT MEN SULD NOCHT PUT IN MISGOVERNAUNCE
OF FULE MEN HIS FAIRE WYF HIS CASTELL AND HIS MOBLE
GUDIS, FOR COMMONLY SYK MEN THAT BEGYLIS THAIR
LORDIS MAY NEVER BE REFOURMYT NA REDRESSIT TILL LAUTEE
NA TILL HONOUR OF KNYCHTHEDE.
ITEM ANE OTHIR POYNT OF THE OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE
IS TO HALDE HIS ARMOURIS CLEINE AND FAIRE AND WELE
AT POYNT AND TO SE WELE TO THE GOVERNAUNCE OF HIS
HORS AND NOCHT TO PLAY THAME AT PLAYES OF DICE
AND OF TABLES AND OTHIR LICHT PLAYIS QUHILKIS AR
NOCHT CONTENYT IN THE POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE. FOR IT
IS FORBEDYN IN THE LAWIS TO MAK ONY ATH CONTRARY TO <L 37>
<P 32>
<L 1> THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE NA TO THE OFFICE AND HE
THAT PUTTIS DOUNE THE PRINCIPALE THINGIS QUHARE WITH
THE ORDRE AND OFFICE IS HALDYN AT HONOUR AND WORSCHIP
THROU LYCHT PLAYES OR UTHIR WAYIS HE HONOURIS NOCHT
WELE HIS ORDRE.  FOR KNYCHT IN WERIS BUT HORS AND
HARNAIS IS LYTILL PRISIT AND SEN IT IS SA THAT GOD
AND MAN ACORDIT IN THE POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE OF
KNYCHTHEDE THAT NA FALS AYTHIS SULD BE THAREIN NA
IN THAME THAT GOVERNIS THE SAID ORDRE SULD THAN
NANE BE.
ITEM LORDIS NA KNYCHTIS SULD NOCHT BREK THE ATH
OF MARIAGE THROW MISORDYNATE LECHERY FOR THAT IS A
POYNT THAT DISCORDIS WITH THE POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE
FOR THARE IS THRE GREE OF CHASTITEE THE QUHILKIS ALL
HONOURABLE PERSONIS AR BEHALDIN TILL THAT IS ANE IN
MARIAGE, ANE IN WIDOWHEDE AND ANE IN MAIDYNHEDE
THAT IS CALLIT VIRGINITEE OF QUHILK THE HALY
WRITT BIDDIS THAME THAT MAY NOCHT LYVE CHASTE MARY
THAME AND SYNE KEPE THAIR MARYAGE. FOR GIF THAI
DO NOCHT AND THAI BREK MARIAGE THAT BREKIS THAIR
<L 21> AITHE TO GODWART THE QUHILK IS AGAYN THE ORDRE AND
OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE FOR CHASTITEE IS VERTU AND MISORDANYT
LECHERY IS VICE AND THUS SEN ALL VERTU
FOLOWIS THE ORDRE AND ALL VICE DISCORDIS WITH IT IT
SYTTIS WELE THAT PRINCIS LORDIS AND KNYCHTIS KEPE
HONOUR IN THAT POYNT AND NAMELY NOCHT TO FORFFET
TO THAIR MARIAGE.
ITEM JUSTICE AND KNYCHTHEDE ACORDIS TO GEDER, AND
JUSTICE AND MARIAGE, BRESING AND OTHIR DISORDINATE
LECHERY DISCORDIS WITH JUSTICE AND THUS KNYCHTHEDE
AND DISORDANYT LECHERY DISCORDIS AS APPERIS BE THE
LAWIS OF HALY KIRK, QUHILKIS EFFERIS PRELATIS TO CORRECT.
AND THUS GIF A PRINCE OR A LORD OR A KNYCHT BREKIS
MARIAGE HE IS MARE TO BLAME NA ONY OF LAWAR DEGREE,
FOR THE HYAR DEGREE THE GRETTER FAULT, AND MARE TO BE
PUNYST IN ALL EXCESSE OF VERTU.
<L 37> ITEM, ANE OTHIR POYNT OF KNYCHTHEDE IS THAT A
<P 33>
<L 1> KNYCHT SULD BE MEKE AND FULL OF CLEMENCE AND NOCHT
PRYDY, NA PRESUMPTUOUS NA ORGUILLOUS, FOR OFT TYMES
OF PRYDE AND ORGUILLE AND PRESUMPCIONE CUMMYS INJURE
AND DISCENSIOUN FOR ORGUILLE IS CONTRARY TO JUSTICE AND
INYMY TO CONCORDE AND THARFORE THARE SULDE NA KNYCHT
BE HAUTAYN, NA FEIR NA PRYDEFULL NA PRESUMPTUOUS BOT
EVER WITH MEKENES, AND CLEMENCE AND HUMILITEE BE
SYMPLE AS A MAY AMANG PEPLE, AND IN HIS INYMYES
PRESENCE BE AS LYOUN RAMPAND. FOR QUHAT EVER HE
BE THAT BE FULL OF PRYDE AND PRESUMPTUOUSNES, AMANG
VERTUOUS MEN IS REPUTE NOCHT FOR THAI AR CONTRARIUS
TO PES AND CONCORDE AND PES AND CONCORDE AR CONTRARIUS
TO JUSTICE AND SA IS PRIDE AGANIS THE POYNTIS
OF THE ORDRE AND HUMILITEE IS THE RUTE OF THE STEDEFASTNES
OF KNYCHTHEDE. FOR SCHORTLY TO SAY KNYCHTHEDE
ACORDIS TILL ALL VERTU AND JUSTICE AND ALL THINGIS
THAT AR CONTRARIOUS TO VIRTU AND JUSTICE AR CONTRARIOUS
TO THE ORDER AND OFFICE OF KNYCHTHEDE FO  KNYCHTHEDE
SULD DEFEND ALL INJURIS AND WRANGIS ALL PILLERIES WRANG
<L 20> WERIS AND TRIBULACIOUNS AND SULD HALD THE PEPLE IN
ALL JUSTICE EQUITEE VERITEE AND LAUTEE PES AND DEBONAIRETEE,
AND OUTSCHED THE WIKKIT FRA THE GUDE
PEPLE PESABLE, QUHILKIS GIF THAI DO NOCHT, BOT DOIS
THE CONTRARYE IN THAIR GOVERNAUNCE, THAI AR CONTRARIUS
TO THAIR ORDRE AND WORTHY TO BE PUNYST. BOT THARE
IS NANE THAT ALL KNAWIS NA ALL MAY PUNYSE BOT THE
EMPEROURE, THE QUHILK ORDANYT KNYCHTHEDE SPIRITUALE
TO KEPE JUSTICE ORDINARE, BE REUGLE VERTUOUS IN PES
AND CONCORDE AND JUSTICE RIGOROUS, THAT IS THE ORDRE
OF KNYCHTHEDE QUHILK SULD ON FORCE COMPELL EVILL
MEN AND OF WIKKIT LYF TO DESIST AND CESS FRA THAIR
WIKKITNESSE, AND PUNYS THAME THARFOR. AND THUS IS
THARE KNYCHTIS OF PES AND CONCORDE AMOROUSE, AND
BE REUGLE OF JUSTICE TO MAK GUD REUGLE AND GRACIOUS
CONCORDE AND GOVERNAUNCE IN THE PEPLE AND ALSSUA
KNYCHTIS OF THE JUSTICE RIGOROUS, ORDANYT TO COMPELLE
BE FORS OF ARMES ALL TYRANNIS TRAYTOURIS AND ALL OTHIR <L 37>
<P 34>
<L 1> MYSDOARIS AND CRUELL TORMENTOURIS OF THE HALY LABOURARIS,
KIRK MEN, MERCHANDIS AND TRAVALOURIS TO
CESS AND DESIST FRA THAIR WIKKITNESS. THE QUHILKIS
KNYCHTIS SULD BE FULL OF VERTUES AND GUDE LYF TO
GEVE OTHERIS ENSAMPLE.
THE FERDE CHAPITRE
<L 11> HERE SPEKIS THE DOCTOUR OF THE EXAMINACIOUN OF
(MARG) ( QUARTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 12> THE SQUYER, QUHILK SULD ENTER IN THE ORDER NEWLY OF
KNYCHTHEDE SAYAND THAT HE SULD BE FIRST EXAMYNYT
BE ANE ALDE KNYCHT THAT KNEWE AND LUFIT WELE THE
SAID ORDRE ATOURE ALL THING, NEXT GOD FOR THARE
IS MONY PRINCIS THAT REKKIS NOCHT QUHAT MANER OF
CONDICIOUN NA OF LYF HIS KNICHTIS BE, SA THAT HE HAVE
GRETE NOMBER OF KNYCHTIS IN HIS COMPANY. BOT IT
SULD NOCHT BE SA FOR KNYCHTHEDE TAKIS NA HEDE TO
MULTITUDE BOT TO NOBLESSE OF CHEVALRYE AND OF CURAGE
<L 21> AND OF GUDE THEWIS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE SPOKYN OF
AND THARFORE GIF HE THAT IS EXAMYNOUR LUFYS BETTER
MULTITUDE, NA NOBLESS OF CURAGE AND OF VERTU, HE IS
NOCHT WORTHY TO BE EXAMYNOURE OF SQUYERIS BOT SULD
BE REPROVIT AND PUNYST BE THE PRINCE OF KNYCHTHEDE
OF HIS DEFOULYNG OF THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE AND FIRST
AND FOREMAST IT SULD BE SPERIT GIF HE TROWIS LUFIS
AND DOUBTIS GOD BUT QUHILK POYNT IS NA MAN WORTHY
TILL NANE ORDRE OF NOBLESSE. ITEM GIF HE DREDIS THE
DEFAULTIS TO DO THAT DISHONOURIS THE ORDER AND THUS
SQUIER BUT LUFE AND BUT DREDE TO DO MYS IS UNWORTHY
TO THE ORDRE AND GIF HE TAKIS IT AGAYN THIR PROPRIETEIS <L 32>
<P 35>
<L 1> AND CONDICIOUNS, HE WENIS HE TAKIS HONOUR
TILL HIM, BOT HE TAKIS DISHONOUR FOR A SQUYER BUT
NOBLESS IS NOCHT WORTHY TO SA HYE HONOUR AS TO THE
WORTHY HONOUR OF KNYCHTHEDE NA ZIT IN THE WERIS OF
HIS PRINCE OR OTHERIS, BUT HORS, ARMOURIS AND SIK MEN
AR NOCHT HABIL TO WYN HONOUR IN ARMES FOR MEN
MAY NOCHT MARE CRUELLY DESTROYE THE NOBLE ORDER OF
KNYCHTHEDE, NA TILL HAVE ANE UNWORTHY EXAMYNOURE OF
THE SQUIER THAT SULD ENTER IN THE SAID ORDRE FOR GIF
HE ADMYTT TO THE ORDRE A MAN OF UNWORTHY CURAGE
THAT IS DESTRUCTIONE OF THE ORDRE AND SULD A SQUIER
EXAMYN HIMSELF FIRST AND THINK ON THE MONY NOBLE
PROPRIETEIS AND CONDICIOUNS OF THE ORDRE TO THINK
IN HIM SELF GIF HE WAR WORTHY OR HE PUT HIM TO
THE EXAMINACIOUN. RYCHT AS SCHOLARIS EXAMYNIT TO BE
PRESTIS OR GREID IN SCHOLIS, SULD NOCHT SETT THAME THAR
FORE BOT THAI FAND THAME WORTHY THARFORE, FOR DOUT
THAI WAR REPELLIT OR ELLIS DEFOULIT THAIR GREIS, RYCHT
SA SULD BACHELER SQUIERIS IN THE EXAMINACIOUN OF THE
<L 20> ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE, FOR HE SULD NOCHT ALSSUA ASK
THE ORDRE THAT HE WALD EFTIR DEFFOULE BE HIS EVILL
THEWIS. AND ALSSUA LORDIS THAT AR SA INFORMYT THAT
THAI WILL MAK SIK MEN KNYCHTIS THAI DO AGANIS THE
POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE AND CHARGIS THAIR CONSCIENCES
FOR MEN KNAWIS NOCHT NOBLESS OF CURAGE IN FAIR
WORDIS BOT IN WORTHY WERKIS NA NOCHT IN FAIR
CLETHING FOR OFT TYMES UNDER A FAIRE HABYTE MAY BE
A FULL FALS HERT FULL OF BARATE TRECHERY AND TRAYSOUN
NA HE TAKIS HIM NOCHT BE HIS FAIRE HARNAIS, NA HIS
FAIRE HORSE NA OTHIR FAIRE HABILLIAMENTIS FOR OFT
TYMES UNDER SYK FAIRE HABILLIAMENT AR NOCHT THE BEST
MEN OF ARMES AND WORTHIAST IN VERTUES. QUHARFORE
GIF THOU WILL WALE WORTHYAST AND MAIST NOBLE MAN OF
CURAGE THOU SEKE HIM BE THIR TAKENIS THAT IS FOR TO
SAY JUSTICE AND TEMPERANCE FORCE AND PRUDENCE
FAYTH ESPERAUNCE THAT IS GUDE HOPE AND CHERITEE,
<L 37> AND LEAUTEE, AND BE THIR TAKENIS THOU SALL KNAWE THE
<P 36>
<L 1> NOBLESS OF CURAGE, BE THE QUHILKIS VERTUES THE NOBLE
HERT DEFENDIS IT FRA THE INYMYES OF KNYCHTHEDE,
QUHILKIS AR FALSEHEDE TRECHERY TRAYSOUN, THIFT AND
MURDER AND SYK LYKE THINGIS.
ITEM, OUR ZONG MEN SULD NOCHT BE MAID KNYCHTIS
BOT GIF THAI HAD GUDE TUTOURIS AND CURATOURIS FOR DOUT
OF MISGOVERNAUNCE OF THE ORDRE FOR FAULT OF KNAULAGE
FOR QUHEN A CHILDE IS MADE KNYCHT, HE THINKIS NOCHT
ON THE POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE THAT HE SUERIS TO KEPE
AND GIF THE SQUIER THAT IS RESSAVIT BE THE EXAMYNOURIS
TO BE KNYCHT AND ADMYTTIT BE A REKLES MAN AND A
WIKKIT AND OF VILE CONDICIOUNS HE DOIS GRETE WRANG
TO THE ORDRE THAT HE BERIS AND TILL HIMSELF TOO FOR
AND HE BE VENCUST IN BARRIER OR HE BE COWART OR FULL
OF WIKKIT VICIS AS FLEAND FRA BATTAILLIS REVAND OR STELAND
HE SALL NEVER HAVE HONOUR NA PROUFFIT OF HIS ORDRE
FOR RYCHT AS IT HONOURIS THE HONOURABLE IT DISHONOURIS
THE DISHONOURABLE. BOT OF ALL THING A KNYCHT SULD
KEPE HIM IN ALL VERTU TO HALD THE MYDWART FOR AY
<L 20> THE MYDWART IS VERTU SA IS THE EXTREMITEE VICE AND
THUS A KNYCHT SULD BE OF RESONABLE GUDE AGE THAT HE
KNAW THE PROPRIETEIS AND POYNTIS THAT HE AW TILL
HAVE THAT HE NOUTHIR EXCEDE NA BE OUR LACHE IN HIS
DEDE.
ITEM, IT SULD BE SPERIT AT HIM QUHAT IS THE CAUSE
THAT HE TAKIS THE ORDRE FOR QUHETHIR FOR FAIRNES OF
CORSSAGE OR FOR HARDINESSE OF CURAGE OR FOR RICHESSE,
THAT HE MAY BE PROUDLY CLED, OR FOR PRYDE, THAT HE
MAY TAKE MARE STATE NA HIS FALOWIS THAT NOW IS, OR
FOR THAT HE IS WELE HORSIT AND ENARMYT OR FOR TO BE
A MYROUR IN HIS LIGNIE THAT NANE IS SA WORTHY AS HE
TO BE KNYCHT?
ITEM, MEN MAY MAK KNYCHTIS OF PURE MENNIS SONIS,
AND THAI HAVE GUDE EVIN IN FRENDSCHIP OF LORDSCHIP,
AND WITH THAT, THAT THAI HAVE THE VERTUES FORESAID.
BOT AND A KNYCHT OR A LORD MAK ANE UNWORTHY
CREATURE KNYCHT, HE PUTTIS HIS HONOUR IN DANGERE, <L 37>
<P 37>
<L 1> THAT DISPRISIS AND DISHONOURIS THE NOBLE ORDRE OF
KNYCHTHEDE AND MAKIS HIS AWIN HONOUR MARE LAW
NA IT WAS, FOR THE FYLTH AND THE WRECHIT UNHONESTEE
THAT HE HAS LYCHTLYIT THE SAID ORDRE. FOR BE RYCHT
RESONE OF WORTHYNESSE AND NOBLESSE OF THE ORDRE,
THARE MAY NOCHT NA SULD NOCHT NA VILLAINE CURAGE
CUM BE GUDE EVIN TO THE SAID ORDRE FOR THAT WAR
BE GUDE RESOUN UNDOYNG OF THE SAIDE NOBLE ORDRE
THAT IS ORDANYT BOT FOR NOBLESSE AND GENTILLESSE OF
CURAGE AND GUDE VERTUES AS FORESAID IS AND GUDE
THEWIS. FOR HYE PARAGE AND ANCIEN HONOUR AR THE
FIRST POYNTIS OF THE RUTE OF KNYCHTHEDE THAT IS
CUMMYN FRA ALDE ANCESTRY AND SYNE WORTHY PERSONIS
WITH WORSCHIPFULL CONDICIOUNS AND PROPRIETEIS PERSONALE
OF THE KNYCHT HIM SELF MAKIS MARIAGE BETUIX
WORSCHIPFULL VERTUES IN HYE PARAGE AND KNYCHTHEDE
QUHILK AW NOCHT TO LYCHT BOT IN NOBLESSE AND THARFORE
AND A LORD MARRY NOCHT HYE PARAGE AND KNYCHTHEDE
TOGEDER, HE IS CONTRARIUS TO NOBLESSE AND TO
<L 20> KNYCHTHEDE AND TO KNYCHTHEDE BATHE. BOT A LORD
MAY PUT OF HIS POWERE FORSSABLY AGAYN THE NOBLE
LORDIS AND KNYCHTIS WILLIS A MAN IN THE ORDRE THAT
IS NOCHT WORTHY BOT HE MAY NOCHT UNDO THAT HE
HAS DONE FOR SUPPOSE THAT HE HAVE POWER TO MAK
A KNYCHT HE HAS NA POWER TO UNMAK HIM SA MEKLE
IS THE VERTUE OF KNYCHTHEDE FOR NA MAN BUT GRETE
CAUSE AND JUGE WITH PRINCIS POWAR MAY TAK HONOUR
AWAY QUHARE IT IS ANYS GEVIN THAN BE RESOUN IT
AUCHT NOCHT TO BE THAT PRINCE NOR KNYCHT MAK NA
KNYCHT OF ANE UNWORTHY PERSONE NA OF VILLAINE LIGNAGE
FOR WALD MEN UNDERSTAND THAT ALSMEKLE IS NATURE
HONOURIT AS FOR CORPORALE NATURE IN TREE AND BESTE
AS IN MAN, BOT AS FOR NATURE SPIRITUALE MAN IS MARE
HONOURDE. BOT BE THE NOBLESSE OF THE SPIRITUALITEE
OF THE SAULE RESOUNABLE THAT ACCORDIS WITH ANGELIS
OF HEVIN THARE IS GRETE DIFFERENCE AND SEN NOBLESSE
<L 37>OF CURAGE SULD BE IN ALL KNYCHT IT MAY STAND THAT
<P 38>
<L 1> A MAN OF A NEW SPRONGYN LYGNYE THAT BE HONOURABLE
AND WORTHY IN ALL GENTRISE MYCHT BE CONVENABLE AND
WORTHY TO THE ORDRE SA THAT THE VERTUES CONDICIOUNS
AND PROPRIETEIS OF NOBLESS OF CURAGE ACORD THER TILL.
BOT THIS OPYNIOUN IS UNTREWE AND UNWORTHY FOR AND
THAT MYCHT BE IT WAR MARE LYKE THAT THE ORDOUR OF
KNYCHTHEDE SULD BETTER OR ALSWELE ACCORDE TO THE
PROPRIETEIS CORPORALES AND PERSONALIS AS SPIRITUALIS
THE QUHILK IS FALSE FOR KNYCHT GAYNIS NOCHT BOT FOR
HYE PARAGE AND NOBLESSE WITH THE SEVIN VERTUES
BEFORE NAMYT BE THE DOCTOUR AS FORCE PRUDENCE
JUSTICE AND TEMPERAUNCE WITH FAITH, GUDE HOPE AND
CHARITEE WITH LEAUTEE THAT EFFERIS TO KNYCHTHEDE.
ITEM THE EXAMYNOUR SULD SPERE OF THE SQUIERIS
CONDICIOUNS AND MANERIS AND GUDE VERTUES AND
THEWIS AMANG THE PEPLE AND QUHAT DOCUMENTIS AND
TECHINGIS THAI AR OF, FOR THE FAULT OF GUDE DOCUMENTIS
AND TECHINGIS GERRIS UNWORTHY MEN BE REBOYTIT
AND REPELLIT FRA THE EXAMINACIOUN OF THE INQUISITOURIS
<L 20>THAT THAI CUM NOCHT TO THAT NOBLE ORDRE. FOR
WORTHY EXAMYNOURIS WILL ADMYTT NANE BOT WORTHY
FOR GRETE FOLY WAR TO PUT IN THE ORDRE THAME
THAT EFTERWART SULD BE REPELLIT FOR THEIR MISGOVERNAUNCE.
AND FORTHY SULD THE KNYCHT THAT IS THE INQUISITOUR
SEKE WELE THE POYNTIS OF NOBLESSE AND
OF VALOUR AND OF THE VERTUOUSE PROPRIETEIS AND GUDE
THEWIS OF THE SQUYER THAT SULD BE KNYCHT AND
QUHY AND FOR QUHAT CAUS HE WILL TAK THE ORDRE
AND QUHETHIR IT BE FOR MERITABLE CAUS TILL IMPLYE
HIM FOR THE HALY KIRK THE CRISTYN FAITH AND FOR THE
COMMOUN PROUFFIT FOR THE PEACE AND FOR ALL PECEABLE
PERSONIS, OR HE TAKIS THE ORDRE FOR PRYDE OR COVATISE,
OR FOR TO BE HONOURIT OR FOR VANE GLORE OR TO WYN
RICHESS THAREBY QUHILK GIF HE MAY PERSAVE THAT HIS
ENTENCIOUN CUMMYS OF ANE UNWORTHY CAUSE ADMYTT
HIM NEVER. FOR RYCHT AS HOMYCIDE SYMONY USURE
<L 37> AND SCISMATYKE CONDICIOUN REPELLIS CLERKIS FRA BENEFICE
<P 39>
<L 1> AND HONOUR AND ALL DIGNITEE IN LYKE CAS SULD THIR
FAULTIS BEFORE NAMYT REPELLE A SQUYER FRA THE NOBLE
ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE THAT SULD HAVE NANE AFFINITEE BOT
TILL NOBLESSE OF CORAGE AS SAID IS. FOR AND MEN WALD
WELE KNAW AND CONSIDER THE GRETE CHARGIS AND DEWITEIS
THAT FOLOWIS THE SAID ORDRE WITH SAULE PERILE AND
WORSCHIP OFT IN WERE THAY SALD STAND GRETE AW TO TAK
THAT NOBLE ORDRE MARE NA TO BE OUTHIR MONK OR FRERE,
OR OTHIR RELIGIOUSE OF THE HARDEST ORDER THAT IS FOR
TRAISTIS WELE THAT GRETE HONOUR BERIS AY GRETE CHARGE
AND GRETTER DISESE IT IS TO FALL FRA GRETE HONOURE AGAYNE
THAT ANYS A MAN HAS BENE AT NA EVIR IT WAS JOY, TO
BE THAREAT ( QUIA NON EST TANTI GAUDII EXCELSA TENERE
QUANTI EST MERORIS DE EXCELSO CADERE ) AND THARFORE
KNYCHT SULD MARE DOUT HONOUR NA DEDE, AND SCHAMEFULNES
SULD MARE CHASTISE A WORTHY KNYCHT AND GEVE
HIM A HARDAR PASSIOUN AND IT SULD HAPPIN HIM NA
SULD OUTHIR HUNGER OR THRIST OR HETE OR CALDE OR ONY
DISESE THAT HE MYCHT HAVE AND NAMELY GRETE PRINCIS
<L 20> AND LORDIS SONIS SULD THINK GRETE SCHAME TO WYN ANE
EVILL NAME FOR LAK OF THAIR CONDICIOUNS IN THAIR
ZOUTHEDE GIF THAI THOCHT EVER TO CUM TO THE WORTHY
AND WORSCHIPFUL ORDRE OF NOBLESS THAT KNYCHTHEDE IS
CALLIT. FOR THAI MAY WELE TRAIST THAT THE NAME THAT
THAI WYN IN THAIR ZONG AGE REMAYNIS WITH THAME FOR
EVERMARE. AND THAN IS IT GRETE AVENTURE AND EVER
THAI BE WORTHY TO RESSAVE THAT ORDRE QUHEN THE
EXAMYNOURIS KNAWIS THAIR CONDICIOUNS, AND THARFORE
ALL SYK PERILIS SULD BE SCHAWIN TO THE SQUIER OR HE
SETT HIM TO CUM TO THE EXAMYNYNG CHEVALRY MAY
NOCHT BE UP HALDYN GUT GRETE COSTIS AND ALS EXPENSE
ON HORS HARNAIS METE AND MEN AND OTHIR NECESSAIR
THINGIS THAT TILL IT APPERTENIS AND THARFORE THARE SULD
NA MAN SUPPOS HE WAR WORTHY DESYRE TO TAK THE
ORDRE BOT HE WAR A LORDE OR THAT HE HAD LORD TO
MYNISTER HIM ALL HIS NECESSITEIS AND HALDE HIS HONOUR
<L 37> ABUFE IN TYME OF WERIS, FOR ELLIS IN DEFAULT OF HORSE,
<P 40>
<L 1> HARNAIS AND OTHIR NECESSITEIS EVILL SETT KNYCHTIS
QUHEN THAI WAUNT ASSEMBLIS SYK EVILL MEN AS THAME
SELFF, AND GERRIS MONY RUGGARIS AND REVARIS AND OTHIR
WIKKIT MEN DESTROY THE COMMOUNS AND DISTROUBLE
THE REALME AND MAKIS MEKLE WRANG TO BE DONE IN
THAIR DEFAULT.
ITEM MEN COUNTREFAIT IN THAIR PERSONE NA OUR
GRETE GROWIN MEN, NA MEN OUR FAT OR THAT HAS EVILL
DISPOSICIOUN OR EVILL SEKENES IN THAIR BODY FOR IT
WAR LAK TO THE MAKARE TO MAK MEN KNYCHTIS THAT WAR
NOCHT HABLE TILL ARMES AND TO DO VAILLIAUNCE IN TYME
OF WERIS, FOR THE NOBILNESSE OF THE ORDRE IS SA
WORSCHIPFULL, THAT IT SUFFERIS NA MAN THAT HAS MAHAIGNE
NA DEMEMBRIT NA OTHIR WAYIS MANKET IN CORSSAGE
VISAGE NA MEMBRIS BE HE NEVER SA RICHE TO BE
ADMYTTIT TO THE SAID MAIST NOBLE ORDRE THE QUHILK
EXCLUDIS UTTRALY ALL IGNOBILITEE AND VILITEE.
ITEM THE INQUISITOUR EXAMYNOUR SULD MAK INQUEST
AT THE SQUYAR GIF EVER HE DID ONY GRETE EXCESSIVE SYN
<L 20> AS TRESOUNE OR SCISME SORCERY OR WICHECRAFT OR GRETE
MURDERIS OR SYK LYKE THINGIS THE QUHILK SUPPOSE HE
PRISE THAME LYTILL MAY LETT HIM TO RESSAVE THE NOBLE
ORDRE IN COMPANY TO BE FALOWE TO THE WORTHY CHEVALRYE.
NA ZIT NA VANE GLORIUS SQUYARE SULD BE NA
KNYCHT FOR VANE GLORE TYNIS THE MERITIS OF ALL GUDE
VERTUES. NA HE SULD NOCHT BE A GABUSOUR NA A
FLAITOUR SQUYAR THAT SULD ENTER IN THE SAID ORDRE NA
ZIT HAUTANE NA FIERE IN PRIDE NA ORGUILLOUSE SQUYER
SULD NOCHT ENTER IN KNYCHTHEDE AND NAMELY OUTRAGEUS
IN WORD AND SCLANDEROUS BAKBYTARE SULD NOCHT ENTER
IN THE ORDRE NA COMMON LEARE NA COMMONE VICIOUSE
HURDOMARE HASARTOUR COMMOUN TAVERNOURIS FULL OF
SLEUTHE, BARGANOURIS COMMOUNS GLOTOUNS KID AND
KNAWIN FOR SYK DRONKYNSUM, MANESUORNE AND ALL
OUTRAGEUS COMMOUN VICIUS MEN AR NOCHT TO BE
RESSAVIT TO THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE BOT SULD BE REPELLIT
BE THE EXAMYNOURIS OF THE ORDRE AND THUS SULD <L 37>
<P 41>
<L 1> NANE BE RESSAVIT TO THE ORDRE BOT NOBLEIS OF PARAGE,
VERTUOUSE, HONEST AND OF WORTHY CURAGE AND IN ALL
THIS SULD SQUYER BE INQUERIT OR HE BE KNYCHT.
THE FYFT CHAPITER
<L 9> HERE DECLARIS THE DOCTOUR IN QUHAT FASSOUN AND
(MARG) ( QUINTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 10> MANER SULD A SQUYER THAT WALDE BE KNYCHT RESSAVE
THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE AND AS TO THAT THE SQUYER
QUHEN HE IS EXAMYNYT AND ADMYTTIT HE SULD SCHRIVE
HIM CLENE OF ALL SYNNYS AND DEFAUTIS THAT HE MAY
THINK ON, THAT EVER HE MAID AGANIS GOD AND HIS MAGESTEE
AND TAK HIS SACRAMENT SAYAND IN THE NAME
OF THEE AND IN ENTENCIOUN TO SERVE THEE, AND HONOUR
THEE, MY SOVERANE LORD GOD AND THY DERE MODER
MARY AND ALL THY HALY SANCTIS OF PARADISE I TAK THIS
DAY THIS WORTHY ORDRE. AND THIS SULD BE DONE BE
<L 20> PRINCE OR LORD IN A GRETE FESTE AS ZULE PASCHE OR
WITSONDAY OR ALL HALOWMESSE FOR THE MARE HONOURABLE
ASSEMBLE IS MAID THAY DAYES NA IN OTHERIS. AND
THAN SULDE THE SQUYER FAST THE FEST EVIN, AND WAKE
ALL THAT NYCHT IN PRAYERIS OF GRACE ASKING AND OTHERIS
ALS SULD PRAY FOR HIM TO GEVE HIM GRACE, WORTHILY TO
RESSAVE AND KEPE AND WORTHILY GOVERNE THE SAID ORDRE,
AT THE PLESAUNCE OF GOD AND THE HALY COURT OF HEVIN.
AND ON THE DAY BEFORE, HE SULD PAS TO THE KIRK IN
HIS BEST ARRAY AS EFFERIS AND CUSTUM OF THE COUNTREE IS,
THAIR TO BE IN PRAYERIS AND TO HERE A PRECHING OR A
PROPOSICIOUN LANGAND THE SAID MATER, NA HE SULD
NOUTHIR HERE NA SPEKE VICIOUS SPECH, NA TROMPOURIS <L 37>
<P 42>
<L 1> NA JANGLOURIS FOR THAT IS LAK TO THE ORDRE AND ON
THE MORN EFTIR QUHEN HE IS ARAYED IN HABYTE OF
KNYCHTIS WEDE THARE MON BE GRATHIT A SOLEMPNE MESSE
WITH NOTE AND IN THE TYME OF THE OFFERATORE HE SAL
CUM BEFORE THE ALTARE AND OFFER. AND SYNE SALL HE
MAK ANE ATHE TO THE ORDRE TILL HONOURE IT EFTIR HIS
POWER IN THE HONOUR OF ALMYCHTI GOD PRINCE OF
ALL CHEVALRYE AND THARE IN PRESENT PLACE SULD THARE
BE MAID A FAIRE SERMONE DECLARAND THE POYNTIS OF
THE CHRISTYN FAITH, ACORDAND THAME TOGEDER WITH THE
POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE. TO THE QUHILKIS
POYNTIS OF ACORDANS THE SQUYRE SULD TAKE GUDE TENT
AND KNAW THAME ALL AND HALD THAME PRENTIT IN HIS
HERT PERCURE WITH ALL THE ( VIJ ) SACRAMENTIS, THE ( X )
COMMANDEMENTIS THE ( XIJ ) ARTICLES OF THE TREUTH AND
TO KEPE HIM FRA THE ( VIJ ) DEDELY. TO ALL THE QUHILKIS
POYNTIS OF THE FAITH TO KEPE AND HONOURE AND FULFILL
AT HIS POWER INCONTYNENT THAT HE HAVE TANE THE SAID
ORDRE AT THE HONOUR AND REVERENCE OF GOD AND THARETO
SULD MAK HIS SPECIALE PRAYERIS FOR ALL, THE TYME OF
<L 21> THE MESSE AND FRA THYNE FURTH FOR ALL HIS LYF DAIS.
AND QUHEN THE PRECHING IS DONE THAN SALL CUM FURTH
THE PRINCE OR LORD THAT SULD MAK HIM KNYCHT THE
QUHILK AW OF DETT TO BE KNYCHT OR HE MAK ONY
KNYCHTIS. RYCHT AS NANE MAY MAK PRESTE BOT HE BE
PRESTE, SA MAY NANE MAK KNYCHT BOT FIRST HE BE MAID
KNYCHT SAUFFAND THE PAPE FOR HOW MAY HE GEVE
THAT HE HAS NOCHT FOR HERBES AND BESTIS MAY GEVE
THAIR NATURE ILKANE TILL OTHIR TO MAK THAIR NATURE PERPETUALE
BOT SA MAY NOCHT KNYCHTIS BE MAID BOT FIRST
THE MAKARE BE POSSESSIT OF HIS GIFT AND OF HIS ORDRE
FOR GIF ONY LORD WALD GEVE THE ORDRE AND NOCHT HAVE
IT OR UNWORTHILY GEVE IT OTHIR WAYIS NA THE ORDRE REQUERIS
HE DOIS GRETE DISHONOUR TO THE ORDRE. AND
THAI THAT TAKIS THE SAID ORDRE OF THAME THAT HAS NA
POWER UNWORTHILY THAI HAVE NA GRACE IN THE ORDRE
TO DO WELE NA PROUFFIT TO THAME NA OTHERIS AND THUS <L 37>
<P 43>
<L 1> IS THE SQUYER BEGYLIT AND DISSAVIT OF HIS ORDRE AND
ALL CHEVALRYE SCLANDERIT AND THAN SULD THE SQUIER
HALD UP HIS HANDIS TO THE HEVYN AND HIS EYNE TO THE
HICHT AND HIS HERT TO GOD SYTTAND ON HIS KNEIS AND
THARE SULD THE PRINCE HAVE THE SUERD REDY OF HONOUR
GYLT WITH GOLD AND BELT IT ABOUT HIS SYDIS IN TAKENYNG
OF CHASTITEE JUSTICE AND CHERITEE AND THARE THE KNYCHT
SULD OUTHIR GEVE HIM A STRAKE WITH HIS HAND OR WITH
A DRAWIN SUERD, IN THE NEK TO THINK ON THE POYNTIS
AND DEFEND HIS DEWITEIS AND SYNE SULD HE OUTHIR
KYS HIM IN THE MOUTH OR ELLIS KYS THE CROCE OF THE
SUERD AND GEVE IT HIM AND GER HIM KIS IT AGAYNE AND
SA PUT IT IN THE SCALBOURD, AND BID HIM THINK ON HIS
ATHE ANDE CHARGE THAT HE HAS UNDERTANE AND THE
HONOUR THAT HE SULD MANETENE. AND EFTER THAT ALL
THE SERVICE OF GOD BE DONE THE NEW MAID KNYCHT
SULD RYDE ON ANE COURSER OUT THROU THE CITEE OR
TOUNE AND SCHAW HIM TO THE PEPLE SA THAT THAI MAY
KNAW HIM FOR A KNYCHT DEFENDOUR OF HALY KIRK AND
<L 20> COMMOUN PROUFFIT AND HALDER OF LAWE AND JUSTICE
AND MAYNTENOUR OF THE PEPLE THAT QUHASA HAS ADO
THAI SULD DRAW TILL HIM FOR HELP AND THAT HE SULD
HAVE MARE RADDOUR AND DREDE TO DO MYS OR OUCHT
THAT SULD BE AGAYNE THE LAWE EVER MARE IN TYME TO
CUM AND TO SAUF THE HONOUR AND THE WORSCHIP OF HIS
NOBLE ORDRE FOR RADDOUR DREDE AND SCHAMEFULNES
IS HYE GRACE TILL ALL PERSONIS THAT HAS HONOUR TO KEPE.
AND IN THAT DAY SULD THARE BE GRETE FESTYNG, JUSTYNG,
AND TOURNAYMENTIS WITH OTHER ACTIS, AS LISSIS AND
BEHURDIS GEVE GRETE GIFTIS AND MAK GRETE SOLEMPNITEE
IN THE HONOURE OF GOD AND THE GRETE FESTE AND THAT
HERAULDIS AND KINGIS OF ARMES AND MENSTRALIS WAR REWARDIT.
AND THAN SULD THE PRINCE REWARDE THE NEW
KNYCHT WITH LANDIS LORDSCHIPPIS OR OTHIR WORTHY GIFTIS
AND GOVERNEMENTIS TILL EKE HIS ESTATE AND HELP TO
MANETENE THE HONOURE OF THE ORDRE. AND THUS SULD
GIFTIS BE GEVIN BATHE TILL HIM AND BE HIM TILL OTHERIS <L 37>
<P 44>
<L 1> FOR THE ORDRE REQUERIS GIFTIS TO BE GEVIN IN DALY PLACIS
FOR HONOURE AND WORSCHIP OF LORDIS OF ESTATE MAY NOCHT
BE KEPIT BOT QUHARE GIFTIS AR GEVIN AND NOBLE ACTIS
OF HONOUR EXCERSIT FOR QUHARE HONOURE IS NOCHT
KEPIT ORDERE GAIS BAKWART.
THE SEXT CHAPITRE
<L 11> HERE SPEKIS THE DOCTOURE OF THE SIGNIFICATIOUN OF
(MARG) ( SEXTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 12> THE ARMES OF THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE. NOW DECLARIS
THE DOCTOUR THAT AS THE PRESTE QUHILK IN THE
MESS SAYAND HAS SYNDRY HABITIS AND HABILLIAMENTIS
QUHILKIS ILKANE HAS A SYNDRY SIGNIFICACIOUN AS IS ACORDAND
TO THAIR OFFICE AND ORDER AND THAT OFFICE OF PRESTE
AND OFFICE OF KNYCHT HAS SA GRETE AFFINITEE AND ALLIAUNCE
TOGEDER. FOR QUHY THAT RYCHT AS OFFICE OF PRESTE HAS
CERTANE THINGIS THAT PERTENIS TO THE ORDRE AND ILKANE
<L 20> HAS A CERTANE SIGNIFICACIOUN SA HAS THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE
FOR ILKE THING PERTENAND TILL HIS ORDER HAS A
CERTANE SIGNIFICACIOUN BE THE QUHILKIS IS SIGNIFYIT THE
NOBLESSE OF THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE.
AND FIRST AND FORMAST THARE IS TO THE KNYCHT GEVIN
A SUERD WITH A CROSSIT HILT THAT SIGNIFYIS THAT RYCHT AS
OURE LORD JHESUS CRIST VENCUST IN THE CROCE THE INYMY
OF MANNIS LYGNAGE TO THE QUHILK HE WAS DEMPT THROU
THE SYN OF ADAM OURE FIRST FADER THAT RYCHT SA SULD
A KNYCHT VENCUSE THE FAIS OF THE CROCE THROU THE
SUERD. FOR THE SUERD IS ORDANYT TO DO JUSTICE WITH
AND THARFORE IS IT MAID WITH TWA EGEIS IN TAKENYNG
THAT HE SULD MANETENE AND DEFEND BATHE TEMPORALITEE
AND SPIRITUALITEE WITH THE DOUBLE SCHERAND SUERD. <L 33>
<P 45>
<L 1> ITEM TO THE KNYCHT IS GEVIN A SPERE QUHILK IS
EVIN AND BETAKENIS RYCHTWISENESS AND VERITEE FOR
AS THE SPERE IS EVIN AND RYCHT SA SULD HE BE BATHE
EVYNLYK AND RYCHTWISE AND MANETENE AND DEFEND
LAUTEE AND EQUITEE IN CONTRARY OF FALSEHEDE AND
TRECHERYE. AND THE SCHARP HARD STELIN POYNT OF THE
SPERE HEDE BETAKENIS THAT SUPPOSE FALSEHEDE BE NEVER
SA WELE ARMYT ZIT WILL LAUTEE PAS THROU HIM AND
VENCUSE HIM AND BE THE PENNOUN ON THE SPERE
END IT SCHAWIS THAT VERITEE HYDIS HIM NOCHT BOT
SCHAWIS HIM TO FALSEHEDE SAYAND AY, QUHEN IT MOVIS
LO ME HERE VERITEE THAT HAS NA DREDE OF FALSEHEDE
NA TRECHERYE. AND VERITEE IS THE FOUNDEMENT
OF ESPERAUNCE THAT IS GUDE HOPE AND OF ALL OTHIR
THINGIS THAT AR SIGNIFYIT BE THE SPERE.
ITEM CHAPELLAT OF STELE ALSSUA IS GEVIN TO THE
KNYCHT IN TAKENYNG OF DREDE OF SCHAME AND REPRUF.
FOR A KNYCHT SULD BE SCHAMEFULL AS A MAYDIN
DREDAND REPRUF FOR KNYCHT OR WOMMAN BUT DREDE OF
<L 20> SCHAME MAY NOCHT KEPE HONOUR LANGSUMLY NA BE
OBEDIENT TO THAIR ORDRE FOR RYCHT AS DREDE AND
SCHAMEFULNES GERRIS A PERSONE CAST DOUNE THE HEDE
AND LUKE TO THE ERDE SA DOIS THE STELIN HAT THE
KNYCHT CAST DOUNE HIS EYNE. AND RYCHT AS THE STELYN
HAT KEPIS THE KNYCHTIS HEDE QUHILK IS THE HYAST
MEMBRE AND MAIST PRINCIPALE OF HIS PERSONE SA KEPIS
DREDE OF SCHAME THE KNYCHTIS HONOUR THAT IS THE
HYAST POYNT OF HIS ORDRE AND MAIST PRINCIPALE POYNT
OF ALL. THE QUHILK DREDE OF SCHAME SULD HAVE IN IT
FYVE WITTIS TO KEPE THAT THROU NANE OF THAIM SULD
DISHONOUR CUM, AND THAT THE NOBLESSE OF HIS CURAGE
SULD DEFEND THAI FYVE WITTIS THAT NEVER THROU THAME
EVILL NA WIKKITNESSE CUM.
ITEM HAUBERGEOUN IS GEVIN TO THE KNYCHT IN
TAKENYNG OF CASTELL TO KEPE HIM FRA HIS INYMYES, THAT
IS EVILL VICIS. FOR RYCHT AS A CASTELL IS WALLIT ALL ABOUT
<L 37>WITH STANIS TOGEDIR JUNYT, TO KEPE KNYCHT FRA HIS FAIS,
<P 46>
<L 1> RYCHT SA IS THE HAUBERT TO KEPE HIM RYCHT SA FRA HIS
FAIS THAT AR VICIS AND DEFAULTIS TILL HIS MAIST NOBLE
ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE, THE QUHILK IS MAID OF MONY
SYNDRY PECIS AS OF MAILLIS.
ITEM, LEG-HARNAIS IS GEVIN THE KNYCHT THAT HIS
LEGGIS AND FETE WAR SEKER TO PASSE IN THE WAYES AND
STRETIS AND KEPE THAME THAT NA ROBBOURIS NA THEVIS
NA MURDERARIS UMBESETT THE WAYES TO REVE NA STROUBLE
LELE MERCHANDIS NA LABOURARIS MEN OF KIRK NA PILGRIMYS
THAT PASSIS IN THE CONTREE FOR THE COMMOUN
PROUFFIT OF THE REALME AND IN SIK KEPING HE SULD BE
GARNYST IN HIS ARMOURIS AND HIS WAPNIS THAT HE MYCHT
DO SCATHE AND TAK NANE.
ITEM THARE IS GEVIN HIM MAISSE THAT IS TO SAY
POLL AX IN TAKENYNG THAT HE IS OFFICER RYALE AND THAT
GIF ONY MAN DISOBEYIS TILL HIS WAND THAT HE LAY THAT
MAISSE ON THAME TO HALD THE KINGIS RYCHTIS ON FUT.
ALSSUA SPURIS AR GEVIN HIM IN SIGNIFIAUNCE THAT
RYCHT AS SPURIS SPEDIS THE HORSE TO RYN FAST, AND BESY
IN TYME OF NEDE QUHEN HIS INYMYES CUMMYS NERE
<L 21> RYCHT SA SULD KNYCHT IN TYME OF NEDE BE BESY QUHEN
THE KING OR HIS CONTREE IS OURSETT WITH LOURDANIS AND
REVARIS OR TRAYTOURIS OR OTHER WIKKIT MISDOARIS SA THAT
HE SLEPE NOCHT HIS TIME BOT BE BESY AND DILIGENT IN
THE COMMOUN PROUFFIT. OF THE SUERD WE HAVE SPOKEN
OF BEFORE IN QUHAT TAKENYNG AND SIGNIFICACIOUN IT IS
GEVIN.
ITEM THE QUHIP IS GEVYN TO THE KNYCHT IN HIS
HAND QUHEN HE IS ON HORSE TO THAT SIGNIFICACIOUN
THAT HE SULD STAND AW AND BE OBEDIENT TILL HIS LORD
FOR DISOBEISAUNCE UNDOIS THE KNYCHT AND BREKIS HIS
ORDRE THAT ALL HIS OFFSPRING WILL FORTHINK AS FOR THE
INOBEDIENCE OF ADAM ALL HIS OFFSPRING WAS PUNYST.
ITEM GORGELIN IS GEVIN HIM IN TAKENYNG THAT THARE
SULD NOUTHIR ENTER NA ISSE THROU HIS GORGE THING THAT
SULD BE VILLANIE, NA LAK THING TO THE HONOUR OF THE
ORDRE AS TO BE AT BIDDING OF HIS LORD, BUT DISOBEYSAUNCE <L 37>
<P 47>
<L 1> AND BUT MURMUR DO HIS LORDIS COMMANDEMENTIS
AND NOUTHER DO NA CONSENT TO TRESOUN ORGOULLE
BARATE NA TRECHERY UNLEAUTEE NA OTHIR VICE
THAT MAY CUM THROU WORD NA THOCHT BE THE GORGE
OUTWART NA EXCESSE OF GLUTONY DRUNKYNNESSE NA OTHIR
MYSTEMPERAUNCE THROU THE GORGE INWART. AND THUS
THE GORGELYN SULD KEPE THE KNYCHTIS GORGE.
ITEM, MASSE IS GEVIN HIM THAT BETAKENIS STRENTH
AND FORCE OF CURAGE THE QUHILK MASSE IS LYKNYT TILL
A FALSE STERAP, QUHILK STRYKIS ON ALL SYDIS APON ALL
KYNDE OF HARNAIS SA DOIS FORCE OF CURAGE IT STRYKIS
ON ALL SYDIS AND DEFENDIS THE HONOUR OF KNICHTHEDE
AGAYNE ALL VICIS AND ENFORCIS VERTUES.
ITEM, THARE IS GEVIN TO THE KNYCHT HIS LYTILL SCHORT
SUERD THAT SUM CALLIS MISERICORDE IN SIGNIFYAND THAT
QUHEN HE HAS IMPLYDE HIS SPERE HIS LANG SUERDE HIS
POLAX HIS FALSE STERAP AND HIS FALOW BE SA NERE HIM
THAT HE MAY NOCHT HELP HIMSELF WITH NANE OF THAY
THAN IS IT GUDE AT SCHORT STRAKIS AND IT IS CALLIT
<L 20> OUTHIR SCHORT SUERD OR MISERICORD FOR CAUSE THAT A
KNYCHT SULD NOCHT ALL TRAIST IN HIS ARMOURE NA WAPNIS
BOT IN HIS AWIN VERTU, AND IN HIM THAT MAID HIM AND
IN HIS MERCI AND TRAIST THAT THROU HIS HELP QUHEN
ALL WAPNIS AR FAILLIT THAT HE SALL SAVE HIS HONOUR
AND BRING HIM FRA THE PERILE OF DEDE AND DISHONOURE.
ITEM, SCHELDE OR TARGE IS GEVIN TO THE KNYCHT IN
SIGNIFIAUNCE THAT AS OFFICE OF SCHELDE IS TO BE THE
TARGE BETUIX THE KNYCHT AND THE STRAKIS SA SULD THE
KNYCHT BE BETUIX THE PRINCE OR HIS LORDE AND THE
STRAKIS AS THE SCHELDE RESSAVIS THE STRAKIS BEFORE THE
KNYCHT SA SULD THE KNYCHT BEFORE HIS LORDE KEPE
STRAKIS FRA HIM. AND AS SCHELDE IS COUPLIT TO THE
KNYCHTIS BREST THARE HIS HERT IS SA SULD THE KNYCHT
BE TILL HIS LORD BOUNDE IN LAUTEE AS TILL HIS AWIN HERT,
AND IS A MYD MOYEN BETUIX HIM AND HIS PEPLE.
GLOVES OF PLATE AR GEVYN TO THE KNYCHT IN TAKENYNG
<L 37> THAT AS THAI KEPE HIS HANDIS FRA STRAKIS AND WOUNDIS
<P 48>
<L 1> AND MANGLYNG THROU THE QUHILKIS THE BODY MYCHT
BE TYNT SA SULD HE KEPE HIS HANDIS THAT HE GIVE
NA FAITH, NA ATHE NA MAK NANE CONDICIOUN NA
OBLIGACIOUN AGAYN HIS LORD FOR THAN WAR HE UNDONE
AND AS KNYCHT LIFTIS HIS WAPNIS MARE SEURELY
AND TRAISTLY THAT HIS HANDIS AR ENARMYT SA SULD HE
LIFT MARE SEURELY TO GOD ALMICHTI THAT HE BE ENARMYT
THAT HIS HANDIS WIRK NA MISGOVERNAUNCE IN TAKING OF
WRANGWISE GUDIS NA STRYKYNG OF UNLEFULL PERSONIS NA
MAKING OF UNLEFULL CONDICIOUNS AND UNLEFULL TOUCHINGIS
NA PUT HIS HANDIS IN UNLEFULL PLACIS.
THE SADILL THAT HE RYDIS IN BETAKENIS SEKERNES
THAT HE BE NOCHT LYCHTLY PUT BY HIS PURPOSE SA KEPIS
THE SADILL HIM THAT HE BE NOCHT LICHTLY PUT FRA HIS
HORS FOR QUHEN HE WAR DOUNE STRYKYN THAN WAR HIS
HONOUR LAWE AND RYCHT AS HE IS FERME AND SEKER
IN HIS SETE SA SULD HE BE FERME AND SEKER IN HIS
CURAGE IN JUSTICE LAUTEE NOBLESS VERITEE AND CHARITEE
FOR THROW SEURETEE OF A GUDE HARDY KNYCHT MONY
GUDE DEDIS AR DONE THROU GUDE HARDY MEN OF ARMES
<L 21> AND MONY COWARTIS AR DECLARIT QUHEN HARDY MEN AR
APPROVIT VANTOURIS AND VAYN GLORIOUS MEN THAT DAR
NOCHT BE SENE QUHARE THE HARDY AND WORTHY KNYCHTIS
APPERIS IN WORTHYNES IN BATAILL PLACE AND THARE FORTUNE
ENFORSIS HARDYNESSE AND AS THE SADILL WITH
THE GRATHE THAT LANGIS IT HALDIS HIM FERME THAT HE
MOVIS NOCHT FOR NA STRAKE OF SPERE OF INYMY SA SULD
FORSE OF CURAGE KEPE HIM THAT HE MOVE NEVER AGAIN
GUDE FAITH NA RESOUN AND BOW NOCHT WITH VICE AGAYN
VERTU.
AND AS THE HORS BERIS GRETE CHARGE OF THE ARMYT
KNYCHT AND SADILL AND HARNAIS SA BERIS THE KNYCHT
BE VERTU OF HIS ORDRE GRETE CHARGE THE QUHILK HE
SULD NOCHT LYCHTLY BE MOVIT FRA. AND AS HE IS SETT
APON A HIE SADILL ABONE A HYE COURSOUR SA SULD HIS
CURAGE BE HYE TO DEFEND THE RYCHT AND MANETENE THE
POYNTIS OF HIS MAIST HYE AND NOBLE TEMPORALE ORDRE.
<P 49>
<L 1> AND THARFORE IS COURSER GEVIN HIM OR DESTRERE TO
BETAKYN NOBLESS AND HICHT OF CURAGE THAT KNYCHT
SULDE HAVE ABONE ALL OTHIR PEPLE SEN HE HAS BATHE
MAIST HYE AND NOBLE ORDER AND SYNE MAIST NOBLE
HABILLIAMENT OF ARMOURE AND SYNE MAIST HYE AND
NOBLE HORS SA SULDE HE HAVE MAIST HYE AND NOBLE
CURAGE WITH FORCE TO PASSE ALL OTHERIS IN VAILLIAUNCE
OF ARMES AND HONOURE AND TO BE SENE ABONE ALL
HIS MEN AND MARE FER OF SA THAT MEN THAT HAD
NEDE OF HIS HELP SULD SE HIM OF FER, TO DRAW TILL
HIM FOR HELP.
ITEM, HIS COURSERE OR DESTRYERE HAS BRIDILL GEVIN
TILL HIM WITH IRNE BYTT IN THE MOUTH AND REYNIS
IN THE KNYCHTIS HAND SA THAT THE KNYCHT MAY
REFREYNE THE HORS THAT HE PAS NOCHT AWAY WITH HIM.
AND THAT IRYN BITT IN MOUTH BETAKENIS THAT HE SULD
REFRENZE HIS MOUTH FRA BATHE EVILL VICIOUS SPECHE
AND EVILL THOUCHTIS. AND BE THE REYNIS IS BETAKENIT
THAT HE SULD HALD HIS HANDIS UNDEFOULIT OR FYLIT WITH
<L 20> OUR VILAYNOUSE DEDIS OR THAT HE BE OUR LARGE TO
GEVE TILL OTHIR THAT HE HAVE NEDE HIM SELF AND THAT
HE BE NOCHT SA LYCHT OF STRIKING WITH HIS HANDIS THAT
THARE BE NA DISCRECIOUN IN HIS DEDIS AND THAT BE
THAI REYNIS HE SULD BE LED WITH PURE FOLK THAT WAR
NEDE BESTAD OF HELP QUHARE THAIRE NEDIS WAR TO
TRAVAILE TO HELP THAME AND THAT HE WAR NOCHT OUR
NAROW NA NEDY THAT HE HAD LAK THARETHROU NOCHT TO
SPARE HIS GUDE AND SPEND HIS HONOUR AND THAT HE BE
OF HANDIS HARDY TO DEFEND HIM FRA HIS FA, AND DOUBTE
NA THING FOR OUR GRETE DOUTE MAKIS KNYCHTIS TO HAVE
LATHE CURAGE.
ITEM THE HORSE-HEDE IS BUNDYN WITH ANE HEDE STELE
OF THE BRIDILL IN THAT KYNDE THAT HE SULD DO NA THING
BUT BE ORDYNAUNCE OF THE KNYCHT THAT EFFERIS TILL COURS
OF ARMES AND BOT BE RESOUN. AND THE HEDE OF THE
HORS GAIS BEFORE AND IS BUNDYN TO DO RESOUN SA
SULD THE RESOUN GA BEFORE ALL DEDE OF ARMES AND OTHIR <L 37>
<P 50>
<L 1> ACTIS HONOURABLE THAT HE DOIS AND AS HIS HEDE-STELE
BYNDIS HIS HEDE TO RESOUN SA DOIS RESOUN THE KNYCHT
AND KEPIS HIS WORSCHIP ALSUA THE KNYCHTIS HORS IS
ENOURNYT WITH HARNAIS BEFORE AND BEHYND ON HIS BODY
SA EFFERIS IT TO KNYCHTIS TO BE HONOURABLY ENOURNYT WITH
HONOURABLE CLETHING AND ALSA WITH VERTUES HONOURABLE.
AND BECAUS THAT SUM HORSE AR ENARMYT WITH SIK HARNEIS
AS EFFERIS TO DEFEND THAIR CORPS FRA HARMES SA
SULD KNYCHT BE ENARMYT WITH RICHESSIS OF TEMPORALE
GUDIS OR ELLIS HE MAY NOCHT GUDELY DO HIS WORSCHIP
NOUTHIR IN PES NA IN WERE AND OFT TYMES GERRIS MONY
REVERYES AND WRANG WYNNYNGIS BE FOR CLERKIS SAIS
( QUOD PROPTER INOPIAM MULTI DELIQUERUNT ETC )
ITEM JAKKIS WAR ORDANIT TO KNYCHTIS THAI TYMES OF
ZERIS THAT WAR OF GRETE SOLEMPNITEE OF SYLK ABONE ALL
THAIR HARNAIS THAT SIGNIFYIT GRETE TRAVAILIS THAT EFFERIS
TILL HIM TO DO FOR RYCHT AS THE JAKKIS AR ABONE THE
HAUBERKIS AND ORDANYT NEREST BATHE WYND AND RAYN
AND OTHIR STORMYS SA SULD A KNYCHT FOR THE PEPLE
SUSTEYNE ALL STORMES AND TRAVAILIS FOR THAME SA THAT
<L 21> ALL MYSTERFULL AND PECEABLE PERSONIS THAT HAD MYSTER
SULD, THROU HIM, HAVE RECONFOURT AND REFUGE AT NEDE
FOR THE HONOURE OF NOBLE THAT ORDANYT THAT NOBLE ORDRE
FOR THAT CAUS TO BE A PROTECTOUR AND ANE ADVOCATE
OF ALL PORE MISERABLE AND PECEABLE PERSONIS THE
QUHILKIS BE THE NOBLESSE AND THE CREACIOUN OF THE
ORDRE HE IS ORDANYT TO DEFEND MANETENE AND HALDE
IN THAIR RICHTIS QUHEN THAI HAVE MISTER AND THAI BE
REQUERIT. QUHILKIS KNYCHTIS SULD ERAR EXPONE THAME
OUTHIR TO BE DEDE OR PRESONARE OR WOUNDIT SARE OR
HE LEFT THAME BUT HELP THAT AR UNDER THAIR CURE
AND SAUF GARDE BE THE QUHILKIS POYNTIS OF THE ORDRE
MEN MAY SE THAT KNYCHTIS BE VERTU OF THAIR ORDRE
HAS A GRETE CHARGE QUHAT OF JUSTICE HALDING QUHAT
OF THAIR LANDIS GOVERNYNG AND OF THAIR PEPLE MAYNTEYNING
AND OF THAI PECEABLE PERSONIS DEFENDING AS
<L37> AR KIRK MEN AND MAIDNIS FRA FORS AND RAVISYNG,
<P 51>
<L 1> WEDOWIS AND FADERLES AND MODERLES BARNIS FRA SUPPRISING,
LABOURARIS, MERCHANDIS AND TRAVALOURIS FRA DISTROUBLING,
AND ALL PECEABLE PERSONIS FRA FORS AND
WRANGWIS VEXACIOUN.
EFTIR THIS TAKYN OF ARMES TO BERE IS GEVIN THE
KNYCHT IN HIS SCHELDE OR IN HIS COTE OF ARMES OR
OTHIR WAYIS SA THAT HE BE KNAWIN AND KEND IN BATAILL
BE OTHERIS SA THAT GIF HE DOIS WELE HE SULD HAVE
HONOURE AND WORSCHIP AND GIF HE DOIS EVILL HE SULD
HAVE DISHONOUR AND DISWORCHIP AND SIK AS EFFERIS
TILL ANE INYMY OF THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE FOR GIF HE
BE VAILLIAUNT AND HARDY IN BATAILL OR HE BE FEIGNED
SLAK AND COWART AND FLEE FRA HIS LORD IN BATAILL.
ITEM BANERIS AR GEVYN BOT THAT IS BOT TO KINGIS
AND PRINCIS ERLLIS DUKKIS MARQUIS VAVASSOURIS BAROUNIS
AND KNYCHTIS BANNEROLL AND THUS QUHEN A BAROUN
BANNEROLL HAS MONY KNYCHTIS UNDER HIM THAI AW TO
DIFFEND THAIR LORDIS LANDIS AND HIS LYF AND HIS
HONOURE FOR THE HONOUR OF KNYCHTHEDE STANDIS IN
<L 20> THAT THAT HE BE LUFIT LOVIT PRISIT HONOURIT AND
DOUBTIT WITH THE PRINCE LORDIS AND PEPLE OF THE
REALME FOR THE HONOUR OF LORDIS AND PRINCIS STANDIS
IN THE PLURALITEE OF MONY WORSCHIPFULL AND HONOURABLE
KNYCHTIS AND AS KNYCHTIS OF HONOUR AR HONOURDE
WITH PRINCIS LORDIS AND PEPLE FOR HARDYNESSE
NOBLE CURAGE VERTU AND WORTHYNESSE THAT THAI HAVE
WONNYN WITH THAIR PRINCIS LORDIS AND MAISTERIS HONOURE
IN THAIR ZOUTHEDE RYCHT SA AR UNWORTHI COWARTIS FULL
OF TRESOUN AND FALSHEDE BARATE AND TRECHERY AND
OTHIR VICIOUS LYF SULD BE HALDYN AS DISHONOURIT AND
UNWORTHY TO BE AMANG THAME THAT AR HONOURABLE IN
THE SAID ORDER AND MARE TO BE BLAMYT NA OTHIR LAWLYAR
FOLK SUPPOSE THAI HAD DONE MYS. <L 33>
<P 52>
THE SEVYNT CHAPITRE
<L 6> HERE SPERIS THE DOCTOURE OF GUDE CUSTUMES THAT
(MARG) ( SEPTIMUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 7> EFFERIS TO KNYCHTHEDE. AND FIRST HE SAIS THAT NOBLESSE
OF CURAGE HAS CHOSYN KNYCHTIS OF HONOUR TO BE ABONE
THE SMALL PEPLE AND THE SMALL PEPLE TO BE AT THAIR
SERVICE AND GOVERNEMENT. THAN SULD NOBLESSE AND
GUDE CUSTUMES BE INTILL ALL NOBLE KNYCHTIS BE VERTU
OF THAIR ORDRE FOR NOBLESSE OF KNYCHTHEDE CUMMYS
NEVER TO MAN OF GUDE EVIN, RYCHTWISELY NA HONOURABLY
BOT IT BE THROU NOBLESSE OF CURAGE FOR BUT NOBLESSE
OF CURAGE IT MAY NEVER CUM TO THAT HIE DEGREE OF
HONOURE AND BUT ELECTIOUN OF VERTU AND GUDE CUSTUMES
AND THEWIS AND THUS ON NEDE FORCE IT BEHUFIS
THE KNYCHT OR HE CUM TO THAT HYE WORSCHIP AND
ESTATE WORTHILY BUT USURPACIOUN THAT HE BE KNAWIN
FULL OF GUDE VERTUES GUDE CUSTUMES AND GUDE THEWIS
<L 21> IN GOVERNAUNCE. AND FYRST AND FORMAST ALL KNYCHT OR
HE TAK ORDRE SULD KNAW ALL THE ( VII )  VERTUES AND THAIR
BRANCHIS THAT IS TO SAY THE FOUR VERTUES CARDINALE
AND THE THRE VERTUES THEOLOGICAL. THE THRE THEOLOGICAL
IS FAITH GUDE HOPE AND CHERETEE AS WE HAVE
BEFORE TOUCHIT. THE FOUR CARDINALE VERTUES AR JUSTICE
TEMPERANCE FORS AND PRUDENCE.
AND FIRST AND FORMAST A KNYCHT BOT HE BE OF GUDE
FAITH ALL IS FOR NOCHT THAT HE DOIS FOR HE MAY
NEVER HAVE OTHIR VERTEWE NA GUDE CUSTUMES FOR
BUT FAITH ALL IS BOT SYN THAT EVER MAN DOIS FOR BE
FAITH MEN HAS ALL GUDE KNAWLAGE AND UNDERSTANDING
OF GOD AND HIS HALY SANCTIS AND BUT FAITH MAN IS
<L 34> WER NA NOCHT. FOR BE OURE FAITH WE HAVE SIGHT
<P 53>
<L 1> SPIRITUALE OF HEVIN AND HELL AND ALL GODDIS WORKIS
VISIBILIS AND INVISIBILIS AND BE FAITH MEN HAS
ESPERAUNCE CHERITEE AND LEAUTEE AND AR SERVITOURIS
TO VERITEE AND FAULT OF FAITH MYSFARIS ALL THIR THINGIS.
KNYCHTIS BE GUDE ANCIEN CUSTUMES WAS WONT TO GA
IN THE HALY LAND TO DEFEND AND MANETENE THE
CRISTYN FAITH FECHTAND AGANIS THE INYMYES OF THE
CROCE AND WAS MARTERIT, BUT FULL FEW NOW DOIS THAT.
ALSUA BE VERTU OF FAYTH AND GUDE CUSTUMES KNYCHTIS
DEFENDIS THE CLERKIS AND KIRKMEN FRA WIKKIT TYRANE
MEN THE QUHILK AGANIS THE FAITH AND FOR DEFAULT OF
FAITH SCHAPIS THAME TO DEROB AND OURTHRAW BATHE
CLERKIS AND KIRKMEN FOR THAIR TYRANNY AND WIKKITNES.
ESPERAUNCE IS A NOBLE VERTU BE THE QUHILK KNYCHTIS
TRAISTIS TO HAVE THE VICTORY IN BATAILL AND IN FEICHT.
ITEM CLERKIS BE ESPERAUNCE TRAISTIS TO HAVE THE JOY
OF HEVYN AND BE THAIR TECHING GERRIS US TROW RYCHT
SA BUT THE QUHILK ESPERAUNCE THAT IS GUDE HOPE
WE WAR ALL FORLORNE. THARFORE ESPERANCE SITTIS WELL
<L 20> AS IN A KNYCHT FOR BE ESPERAUNCE HE HAS MARE TRAIST
IN GOD NA IN HIS HORSE HARNAIS AND MENZE THROU
ESPERAUNCE THE CURAGE OF KNYCHTIS IS REINFORSSIT AND
THE CURAGE OF COWARTIS OURSETT. GUDE HOPE GERRIS THE
KNYCHT OURSETT GRETE TRAVAILIS AND HARD FORTUNES IN
HOPE OF BETTER AY. ALSSUA ESPERANCE GEVIS KNYCHTIS
CURAGE TO KEPE AND DEFEND CITEIS CASTELLIS AND WALLIT
TOWNIS ON SMALL EVYN AND THOLE BATHE HUNGIR THRIST
AND WAKING AND MONY GRETE STRAKIS OFT TYME. AND
WAR NOCHT ESPERAUNCE OF GUDE HOPE KNYCHTIS HAD
NEVER HONOUR FOR IT IS THE PRINCIPALE INSTRUMENT THAT
GOVERNIS KNYCHTHEDE IN HONOURE.
ITEM KNYCHT BUT CHERITEE MAY NEVER BE BUT CRUELTEE
AND EVILL WILL, QUHILKIS CONCORDIS NEVER WITH THE HONOUR
OF KNYCHTHEDE AND THUS MON CHERITEE BE CHEIF IN A
KNYCHT FOR THROU CHERITEE MAN LUFIS HIS GOD ATOUR ALL
THING, AND AS HIMSELF HIS NYCHTBOUR BUT THE QUHILK
<L 37> POYNTIS NA MAN MAY BE PERFYTE CRISTYN MAN.
<P 54>
<L 1> ITEM A KNYCHT SULD HAVE IN HIM GRETE PITEE OF ALL
PORE FOLK MALE ESY PERSONIS AND OF PURE PRYSONARIS
QUHEN HE HAS THE MAISTRY OF THAME AND TILL HAVE
MERCY OF THAME FOR RESONABLE FINAUNCE. AND THROU
CHARITEE MEN HAS PITEE BUT THE QUHILK CHARITEE NA
KNYCHT MYCHT SUSTENE THE GRETE CHARGE OF KNYCHTHEDE
FOR AS HORSE BUTT FETE MAY NOCHT BERE GRETE CHARGIS
SA MAY NOCHT KNYCHTHEDE BUT CHERITEE THE QUHILK
CHERITEE MAKIS HEVY BIRDING LYCHT TO BERE AND GRETE
CHARGE SOFT BATHE FOR THE UPHALD OF HONOUR OF KNYCHTHEDE
AND MERYT OF THE SAULE BEHUFE.
ITEM JUSTICE IS TILL ALL KNYCHTIS NEDEFULL FOR KNYCHT
BUT JUSTICE IS BUT HONOURE. FOR JUSTICE AND KNYCHTHEDE
IS SA WELE ACORDAUNT THAT KNYCHT BUT JUSTICE
IS A BODY BUT SAULE FOR BUT JUSTICE MAY NA KNYCHTHEDE
BE, FOR KNYCHT INJURIUS IS INYMY OF JUSTICE
AND CASTIS HIM SELF OUT OF THE ORDRE THE QUHILK REVYS
HIM AND DISPISIS HIM IN THAT CAS.
ITEM PRUDENCE IS A VERTU ALS THAT KNYCHTHEDE
<L 20> MAY NOCHT BE BUT FOR PRUDENCE IS A KNAWLAGE THAT
MAN HAS OF ALL THING, BATHE GUDE AND EVILL THROU
THE QUHILK HE IS MAID INYMY TO EVILL AND FRENDE
TILL ALL GUDENES. AND ALSA BE PRUDENCE MAN HAS
KNAULAGE OF THE THING THAT IS FOR TO CUM AND THAT
BE THE NOTICE OF THE PRESENT TYME AS HE SEIS THE
WARLD GAIS ITEM PRUDENCE CAN WITH CAUTELIS AND
SUBTILITEIS. A MAN CAN, AS BE THE APPERAUNCE OF THE
THINGIS THAT HE SEIS ESCHEWE PERILIS THAT AR TO CUM,
AND MEND ANE EVILL FORTUNE APPERAND BE VERTYNASSE
BATHE CORPORALIS AND SPIRITUALIS. AND THUS KNAW THAI
ALL TYMES THAT IS AND WES AND SAL BE AND PUTTIS
GOVERNAUNCE TILL ALL AS EFFERIS. THE COMMOUN PROUFFIT
AND THE PRINCE AR MEKLE BEHALDIN TO THE WORTHY
KNYCHTIS FOR THE MONY PERILIS THAT THAI EXPOSE THAIM
IN FOR IT AND THUS IS PRUDENCE ANE OF THE MAIST
NEDEFULL POYNTIS THAT MAY BE FOR KNYCHTIS. WORSCHIPFULL
<L 37> CUSTUME IS IN KNYCHT IN TYME OF NECESSITEE TO
<P 55>
<L 1> REQUEST OF PARTY TO ARME HIM AND DEFEND THE COMMOUN
PROUFFIT BOT MEKLE MARE IS IT HONOURABLE
CUSTUME TO KNYCHTIS TILL USE RESOUN IN ALL HIS DEDIS
AND GUDE WILL AND WELE SETT THAT IS THE GLORE OF
KNYCHTHEDE FOR OFT TYMES BATAILLIS AR MARE WONNYN
BE GRACE NA BE FORCE AND BE WIT AND SUBTILITEE NA
BE MULTITUDE OF ARMYT COMPANY AS SAIS MACABEUS TO
THE PEPLE OF ISRAEL QUHEN HE SAWE HIS INYMYES CUM
ON HIM SEX TYMES MA NA HE HA HA DERE
BRETHIR RECONFOURT ZOW AND MAKIS GUDE CHERE AND
TRAISTIS WELE THAT GOD SALL HELP US IN THIS HOURE
FOR TRAIST NOCHT THAT GRETE MULTITUDE MAKIS GRETE
VICTORY BOT EKLE ERARE GRETE CONFUSION FOR SA
GRETE MULTITUDE MYCHT NOCHT BE GOVERNYT TOGEDIR FOR
THAY MAY NOCHT WIT IN THE TANE END QUHAT THE TOTHIR
DOIS AND A LYTILL MISREUGLE OR AFFRAY MAKIS ALL TO FLEE
( ETC ) AND GERT HIS PEPLE PUT THAME IN GUDE ESTATE
AND PRAYDE TO GOD TO HELP THAME AND THUS WAS
THE BATAILL WONNYN THROU HIS WIT AND COUNSAILE AND
<L 20> CONFOURT QUHILK COME OF GRETE PRUDENCE AND GRACE
AND THUS SULD ALL GUDE PRINCIS AND LORDIS THAT WALD
HAVE THAIRE BARNIS WORTHY AND WYSE MEN AND HABLE
TO THE ORDRE FORESAID THAI SULD GER DOCTRYNE THAME
INSTRUCT THAME AND TECHE THAME FIRST IN THIR VIRTUES
BEFORE NAMYT AND SPECIALLY TILL USE RESOUN AND JUSTICE
AND GUDE UNDERSTANDING OF WIT AND THAT PRUDENCE
TECHE THAME TO BE A FRENDE TILL ALL GUDELYNES AND
INYMY TILL ALL WIKKITNES FOR BE THAI VERTUES THE
VERTEW OF PRUDENCE JUNYS HIM WITH KNYCHTHEDE AND
DOIS IT MEKLE HONOURE.
ITEM FORCE IS A GRETE VERTU IN ALL NOBLE ACTIS AND
SPECIALY AGAYN THE ( VII ) DEDELY SYNNIS QUHILKIS QUHEN
THAI HAVE THE MAISTRY LEDIS MAN TO THE PAYNIS OF
HELL OFF THE QUHILK SEVIN SYNNIS GLUTONY IS ANE OF
THE WERST FORTHY THAT QUHEN A GLUTOUN HAS CHARGIT
HIM OUR MEKLE WITH METIS AND DRINKIS THAN BRINGIS
IT IN SUERENESSE THAT HE MON SLEPE OR REST AND <L 37>
<P 56>
<L 1> IN HIS REST THAN DESYRIS HE LUXURE, AND QUHEN HE
SEIS THAT ALL THIS CHARGE MAY NOCHT BE UPHALDYN
BUT GRETE GUDIS AND RICHESSE THAN CUMMYS COVATISE
THAT SETTIS NOCHT BY HOW THAT GUDE BE WONNYN BOT
HE HAVE IT. OF THE QUHILK CONQUEST CUMMYS IRE
AND INVYE AND REDY MURTHER AND SLAUCHTER QUHILKIS
CUMMYS SELDYN BOT THAT PRYDE BE IN THAIR FALOUSCHIP
AND THUS THROU GLUTONY IS GADERIT AND ASSEMBLYT ALL
THE FOULE COMPANY OF THE ( VII ) DEDELY SYNNIS AND
THUS KNYCHTIS THAT HALDIS THIR WAYIS GAIS NOCHT IN
THE HALL OF NOBLESSE GLUTONY MAKIS THE CORPS FEBLE
AND SCHORTIS THE LYF AGAYNIS THE QUHILK VICIS AND
NAMELY OF GLUTONYE THE WORTHY CURAGE OF A NOBLE
KNYCHT STRYVIS FULL STOUTLY AND WYNNIS THE VICTORY ON
HIM THAT IS INYMY TO THE NOBLE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE.
AND THUS BE FORCE HE FICHTIS AGAYN HIS INYMYES
THROU HYE NOBLESSE OF CURAGE WITH HELP OF ABSTYNENCE
AND OF TEMPERAUNCE AND AGAYNE LUXURE FEICHTIS
CHASTITIE FORSABLYE AND BEAUTEE OF CORPS MEKLE ETYNG
AND DRINKING QUYNTE CLETHING AND JOLY POLIST CORPS
<L 21> FALSATE TRESOUNE INJURE AND MISPRISING OF GOD AND
OF HIS SANCTIS AND OF HIS MEKLE GLOIRE AND NO DOUBT
THE PAYNIS OF HELL NA SIK LIKE THINGIS IS AGAYNE THE
ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE AND ALL GUDE THEWIS PERFYTE
CHASTITEE FORSABLY FEICHTIS AGANIS LECHERY THROU THE REMEMBRAUNCE
OF GOD AND HIS COMMANDEMENTIS AND
TO WELE UNDERSTAND THE HYE GRACES AND GUDELYNES
AND GLORE OF THE HYAST GOD QUHILKIS HE HAS ORDANYT
FOR THAME THAT LUFIS AND HONOURIS HIM AND SERVIS
HIM TREULY AND ALSSUA TO THINK ON THE SOROW AND
DISESE THAT ORDANYT IS FOR THAME THAT DOIS THE CONTRAIR
THAT MYSPRISE HIS COMMANDEMENTIS AND MYSTROWIS
HIM FOR TO LUFE HIM SERVE HIM AND HONOUR HIM
THAT IS SA WORTHIE TO BE LUFIT MAN HAS FORS AND
GRACE WITH CHASTITE FORSABLE WITH STARK CURAGE UNVENCUSABLE
WERRAYS AND OURCUMMYS THE VICE OF
<L 37> MYSORDINATE LECHERYE BE FORCE OF CURAGE AND NOBLESSE
<P 57>
<L 1> QUHILK WILL NOCHT PUT HIM IN SUBJECTIOUN OF EVILL
THOUCHTIS NA BE OUR CUMMYN WITH SIK WRECHITNES
NA HIS HYE HONOUR LAWIT NA DEFOULIT THAT SA MEKLE
CHARGE HAS SUSTENYT IN GRETE HONOURABLE ACTIS IN
WERIS THAT HE SULD THOLE HIS WORTHI CURAGE OF KNYCHTHEDE
BE OURCUMMYN WITH VICIS FOR SUPPOS HE BE
CURAGEOUS AND HARDY AND OF CORPS STRENTHY TO OURCUM
HIS CORPORALE INYMYES AND NOCHT NOBLESSE IN
HIM OF FORSE OF CURAGE TO VENCUS AND OURTHRAWE HIS
INYMYES SPIRITUALE THAT IS VICIS HE HAS NOCHT ALL
THE VERRAY NOBLE POYNTIS PROPERETEIS NA CONDICIOUNS
OF KNYCHTHEDE THAT HE SULD FICHT WITH FOR NOBLE
CURAGE OF KNYCHT SULD ALSWELE FEICHT AGAIN THE DEVILL
THAT IS INYMY OF THE SAULE AS AGAYNE MAN INYMY TO
THE CORPS.
ITEM AVARICE IS A VICE THAT GERRIS OFT TYMES THE
CURAGE OF MONY NOBLE KNYCHT DESCEND FULL LAWE
FOR QUHY THE GREDYNESS OF GUDE BLYNDIS THAIR HYE
CURAGE FOR GLYTWISNESSE OF GOLDE AND OF RICHESSE THAT
<L 20> IT OURECUMMYS THE FORCE THAT SULD VENCUS HIS INYMY
WITH AND MAKIS HIM SUBJECT TILL SA LAWLY WRETCHITNESSE
AND UNHONEST THING THAT IS BOT FOR DEFAUT OF FORSE
THAT SULD BE HIS PILLARE OF WORSCHIP TILL HALDE HIM
FERME THE QUHILK PILLARE FAILLIS HIM AT NEDE QUHEN
NOBLESSE OF HYE CORAGE IS SLOKIT THROU CUVATISE NOCHT
DEFENDAND THAME AGANIS IT AS THE WORTHYNESSE OF THE
ORDRE REQUERIS BOT THOLIS HIM TO BE OURCUMMYN
AND VENCUST THROU COWARDISE SPIRITUALE AND LACHESSE
OF CURAGE SOUPLIT THROU AVARICE AND CHANGIT THAIR
CURAGE AGAIN THE NOBLESSE OF THE ORDRE AND THARFOR
IT IS A GRETE MAIGRE IN A REALME QUHARE LORDIS AND
KNYCHTIS AR GREDY TO GUDIS AND COVATOUS. FOR IT
IS RUTE OF ALL WIKKITNESS FOR OF IT CUMMYS WRANGWISE
EXTORSIOUNS AND EVILL WONNYN GUDIS WRANGWIS
CONQUESTIS OF LANDIS AND SYNE AR THAY FAST HALDAND
THAT NA GUDE WILL PART WITH BOT THE NEDE PENY.
<L 37> AND BE THIS WAY THAI BECUM BONDIS AND SUBJECTES TO
<P 58>
<L 1> THAIR GUDIS AND VARYIS FRA THE RYCHT WAY OF LIBERALITEE
THAT MANETENIS NOBLESSE OF CHEVALRYE AND IS INYMY
TO THE NOBLE ORDRE TO BE WRECHIT OF THE GUDIS THAT
GOD HAS SEND THAME TO PREVE THAME AND ASSAY THAIR
VERTU WITH AND NOCHT TO BE HID NA HURDIT AND
AS FOR REMEDE OF THIS THARE IS A VERTEW CALLIT FORTITUDE
THAT IS STIFNES IN HERT AGANIS VICE THAT WILL
NOCHT FALDE NO MARE NA RANK STELE QUHILK IS SA
FERME IN ITSELF THAT IT WILL NOUTHIR BOW TO FRENDE
NA FAA TO HELP THAME AT NEDE BOT HE BE REQUERIT
AND ASKIT AND THAT IS FOR THE HIE STIFNES THAT IS IN
HIM OF THE VERTU OF FORTITUDE OF CURAGE THAT SA GRETE
HONOUR IT IS WORTHI TO HAVE FOR HIS WORTHYNES THAT
HE IS EVER REDY TO BE AT BIDDING OF WORTHY DEDIS AND
HONOURABLE QUHEN HE IS REQUERIT AND THE HYENES
OF HIS NOBLE CORAGE HE THRAWIS HIM FRA ALL APPETITE
MYSORDINATE OF ALL VICIS AS QUHEN A KNYCHT IS TEMPT
WITH COVATISE OR AVARICE THAT HIS HERT IS SETT AND
ENCLYNIT TO THAT WRECHIT GREDYNESSE THAT IS MODER
OF ALL WIKKITNES AND OF TRAYSOUNIS FALSATE BARATE
<L 21> TRECHERY MANESUERING THAN SULD HE SAUF HIS HONOUR
TO HAVE RECOURSE TO FORTITUDE AND THARE SALL HE FYND
NA FAULT OF HELP COUNSALE AND CONFOURT TO SUPPLEE
HIM AT NEDE FOR HE IS NOUTHIR LACHE NA ZIT COWART
NA FALS HERTIT NA NEGLIGENT BOT WITH HIM SALL BE
FOUNDIN STRENTH AND FORS HYE CURAGE IN GUDELYNES
QUHILK EFFERIS WELE TO BE FERE TO THE NOBLE ORDRE OF
KNYCHTHEDE FOR THROU THAT A KNYCHT MAY BE LORDE
OF HIS CURAGE AND BE MAISTER OF HIMSELF AND OURCUM
ALL VICIS AND THUS SULD ILKE NOBLE KNYCHT THINK ON
THE NOBLE KING ALEXANDER OF MACEDOYNE AND OF HIS
LIBERALITEE THE QUHILK HAD SA NOBLE A CURAGE THAT HE
DISPISIT AVARICE AND COVATISE IN LARGESS OF GIFTIS HE
HAD EVER THE HAND OPYN TILL ALL MEN ALSWELE FRENDE AS
FA THROU THE QUHILK RENOUNE OF FREDOME THE SOULDIOURIS
OF HIS INYMYES THAT WAR AVARICIOUS AND COVATOUS
COME FRA THAME TILL HYM AND GERT HIS COMPANY <L 37>
<P 59>
<L 1> GROW AND EVER MARE AND MARE HE CONQUEST AND EVER
MARE AND MARE DELT TILL HIS MEN AND THUS THROU HIS
RENOUNE OF LIBERALITEE AND DISPISING OF THE VICE OF
AVARICE WITH OTHIR VERTUES OF NOBLESSE OF FORTITUDE
HE COME TO THE HONOUR OF CONQUEROUR OF ALL THE
WARLD QUHARFORE ALL NOBIL KNYCHTIS SULD EVER THINK
ON VERTUES OF NOBLESSE AND OF LARGESSE AND DESPISE
AVARICE AND COVATISE THAT HE BE NOCHT SUBJECT TILL
UNWORTHY PERSOUNIS NA WYRK NANE UNWORTHY DEDIS
NA THINK TO MAK NANE UNWORTHY CONQUESTIS THROU
AVARICE THE QUHILK EFFERIS NOCHT TO NOBLE AND WORTHY
ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE ( ACCYDO EST MALE )
SUERENES IS A VICE QUHILK MAKIS A MAN TO HATE ALL
GUDELYNES AND TO LUFE ALL VICIOUSNES BE THE QUHILK
VICE THARE IS MA FOLK CONDAMPNYT NA BE ONY OTHIR
VICE IN THIS WARLDE BE TAKENIS AND SIGNIS MAY BE
PERSAVIT AND BE THE CONTRAIR THAT IS WILFULNES IN
GUDELYNES TO DO GUDE WERKIS MEN MAY KNAWE THE
TAKENIS OF A MAN THAT SALBE SAVIT FRA DAMPNACIOUN
<L 20> BETTER AND MARE CLERELY NA BE ONY VERTUOUS
CONDICIOUN THAT MAN MAY HAVE AND THUS QUHA WILL
OURCUM AND VENCUS SUERENESS HE MON NEDELY BEGYN
AT GUDE AND FORTITUDE OF CURAGE THROU THE QUHILK
HE OURCUMMIS THE INCLINACIOUN OF SUERENES THAT
MANNIS FLESCH IS INCLYNIT TO BE THE SYN OF ADAM
OURE HELDE FADER QUHILK OF THE ERDE TAKIS INCLINACIOUN
MARE TO SLEUTH NA TO DILIGENCE AND MARE
TILL EVILL NA TO GUDE FOR SLEUTH AND LEITHFULNESS
DRAWIS EFTER IT DULE AND DISPLESAUNCE OF OTHIR MENNIS
GUDE AVENTURES AND IS BLYTHE OF THAR MYSFORTUNYS
AND QUHARE THAI HAVE EVILL THAI WALD IT WAR WER
AND THUS HAS HE AY DISESE FOR HE HAS DISESE
AND DULE OF THAIR GUDE AND SYNE HE HAS DISESE
AND DULE OF THAT THAT THAI HAVE NOCHT SA MEKLE
EVILL AS HE WALD THE QUHILK PUTTIS THAME IN IRE
AND IN PASSIOUN DOLOROUS CONTYNUALY BATHE IN BODY
<L 3>AND SAULE AND THAREFORE THOU KNYCHT THAT WALD
<P 60>
<L 1> VENCUS THAT VICE OF SLEUTH PRAY TO GOD TO GRAUNT
THE FORCE IN CURAGE OF DILIGENCE AGANIS THAT VICE
OF SLEUTH THAT THOU MAY OURTHRAWE HIM AND HALDE
HIM AT UNDER AND THINK HOW THAT OURE LORD GOD
QUHEN HE GEVIS TILL OTHIR MEN ONY GRACE OR GUDELYNES
FOR THAIR GUDE MERITIS HE TAKIS NOCHT FRA THE
TO GRANT THAME NA HE GEVIS THAME NOCHT ALL THE
GUDIS THAT HE HAS TO GEVE BOT THAT HE HAS YNEUCH
BATHE TO GEVE THE AND OTHERIS THAT MAKIS HIM GUDE
CAUSE OF THE QUHILK HE GEVIS US ANE EXAMPLE IN
THE EWANGEL SAYAND ( AMICE NON FACIO TIBI INJURIAM )
THAT IS TO SAY QUHEN THE VIGNEROUNIS LABOURARIS HAD
WROUCHT ALL THE DAY FRA THE MORNE EARLY TILL NYCHT
AND OTHERIS BEGAN AT THE EVYNSANG TYME AND WROUCHT
RYCHT SA TO THE NYCHT AND THE LORD OF THE WYNIS
GAVE THAME YLYKE FEIS FOR THAIR DAYWERK AND THAI
THAT HAD WROCHT FRA THE MORNE AIRLY MURMURIT THE
LORD SAYAND HE WAS UNRYCHTWIS THAT GAVE THAME
ALSMEKIL THAT BEGAN AT EVYNSANG TYME AS TO THAME
<L 20> THAT BEGAN AT MORNE AIRLY AND HE ANSUERD THAT
HE DID THAME NA WRANG QUHEN HE DEPARTIT HIS AWIN
GUDE AT HIS AWIN WILL PAYDE THAM ALL THAT HE
HECHT THAME QUHARFORE THAI HAD NA CAUS TO MURMUR
HIM NA TO HAVE NANE ENVY AT THAIR NYCHTBOURIS AS
SAID IS.
ORGUEILLE THAT IS CALLIT PRYDE THINKIS NA MAN PERE
TILL HIM AND IS A GRETE VICE. FOR HE WALD NA MAN
WAR SA GUDE NA SA WORTHY AS HE AND HAD LEVER BE
HIM ALLANE NA IN ONY COMPANY THAT HIM THOCHT NA
PERE TILL HIM. AND HUMILITEE AND FORTITUDE ARE TWA
VERTUES THAT LUFIS EVYNLYNES AND SA AR THAI AGANIS
PRIDE AND THARFORE GIF A PROUD HICHTY HAUTANE
KNYCHT MAY NOCHT STAUNCH HIS AWIN PRIDE CALL TILL
MEKENES AND FORTITUDE FOR MEKENESSE WITHOUTYN
STEDEFASTNES MAY NOCHT GAYNSTAND PRYDE FOR QUHEN
THAI TWA AR TOGIDDER THAN MAY THAI WELE GAYNSTAND
<L 37> PRYDE NA PRYDE MAY NEVER BE VENCUST BUT MEKENESSE
<P 61>
<L 1> AND STEDEFASTNES OF FORTITUDE. FOR KYNDELY
THING IS THAT QUHEN A ZONG KING IS SETT ON HIS HYE
HORS HE IS PROUD AND HAUTANE BUT SYNE CUMMYS
FORTITUDE OF HUMILITEE WITH GRETE STEDEFAST MYNDE
THINKAND HOW HE SULD HAVE PRYDE IN HIS HERT QUHEN
HE REMEMBERIS OF ALL THE POYNTIS OF HIS ORDRE AND
QUHY HE IS MAID KNYCHT. BOT QUHAT IS THE PRYDE OF
A PROUD HAULTANE MAN WORTH QUHEN HE CAN NOCHT
REMEMBRE OF THE POYNTIS THAT GOD MAY SONE LAWE
HIM WITH FOR THARE IS NA MAN SA PROUD AND FULL
OF ORGUEILL BOT AND HE HAD BENE DISCONFYTE AND OUR
CUMYN IN BATAILL PLACE AND VENCUST BOT HE SULD BE
FULL MEKE, AND THAT FALLIS OFT TYMES AMANG KNYCHTIS
OF HONOURE FOR QUHY THE FORS OF ANE OTHIR MANNIS
CORPS HAS STRYKYN DOUNE THE PRIDE OF HIS CURAGE. AND
THUS SEN FORS CORPORALE IN A STRANGE PERSONE HAS LAWIT
HIS PRYDE IT WAR LYKE THAT FORS OF HUMILITEE SPIRITUALE
THAT IS FER MARE VERTUOUSE SULD IN HIS AWIN PERSONE
OURCUM PRYDE SEN THE TANE IS SPIRITUALE NOBLESSE
<L 20> AND THE TOTHIR CORPORALE.
ITEM, ENVY IS A VICE THAT IS NOT AGREABLE TO GOD
NA JUSTICE NA CHARITEE NA TO LARGESS THE QUHILK PERTENIS
TO THE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE AND THUS QUHEN
ONY KNYCHT HAS HIS HERT FAILIT AND HIS CURAGE LAWLYIT
THAT HE MAY NO MARE FOLOW THE ACTIS OF NOBLESS NA
DEDIS OF WERE FOR FAULTE OF STRENTH OF CURAGE THAT IS
FAILIT IN HIM NA HAS NOCHT IN HIM JUSTICE CHARITEE
NA LARGESSE SYK MEN DOIS INJURE TO THAIR ORDRE OF
KNYCHTHEDE. THAT GERRIS MONY KNYCHTIS BE ENVIOUS
OF OTHIR MENNIS GUDE FORTUNE AND THAI AR SUERE ANDE
LYTHIR TO TRAVAILE THAME TO WYN HONOURE IN ARMES
THE QUHILK BRINGIS THE RICHESSES FOR EVER EFTER HONOUR
THARE CUMMYS RYCHESSE AND THAI THAT AR THUS ENVIOUSE
TAKIS FRA OTHIR MEN THE GUDE THAT IS NOCHT NA MAY
NOCHT BE THAIRIS. FOR THAI WALD PRES THAME TO REVE
THAME THAIR HONOURE QUHILK QUHEN THAI HAD GERT
<L 37> THAME TYNE THROU MURMURACIOUNE AND ENVIOUS LANGAGE
<P 62>
<L 1> OF BAKBYTING THAT HONOUR THAT THAI TAK FRA THAME
MAY NOCHT CUM TO THAME SELF AND BE SYK ENVY HE
DOIS MONY THINGIS THAT AR DISCORDAUNT TILL HIS ORDRE.
ITEM IRE IS A STROUBLANCE OF CURAGE AND OF GUDE
MYNDE AND GUDE WILL AND DISTURNIS A MANNIS CURAGE
TO VENGEAUNCE, AND THUS QUHA SA LYKIS TO SETT REMEDE
IN THIS VICE OF IRE HE MON HAVE RECOURS TO FORS OF
CORAGE THAT IS THE LORD AND MAISTER OF MANNIS MYNDE
AND HIS PASSIOUNS AND SYNE SEKE TO PACIENCE AND TO
CHARITEE, THE QUHILKIS AR CHEIF OF COUNSALE OF KNYCHTHEDE,
AND WITH TEMPERAUNCE MES HIS MYND AND
BRYNG HIS HERT TO SOBIRNES. AND THIR VERTUES AY
BRINGIS ALLEGEAUNCE OF THE GRETE PAYNIS AND TRAVAILIS
THAT IRE HAS MOVIT IN MANNIS HERT AND IN SAMEKLE
AS THE IRE IS THE MARE IN SAMEKLE SULD FORCE OF CURAGE
OF NOBLESSE OF KNYCHTHEDE BE THE STARKARE TO OURCUM
THE UNRESONABLE PASSIOUNS OF IRE THE QUHILKIS CUMMIS
AY OF EVILL AND DOIS BOT EVILL FOR THE IRE OF MAN
MAKIS NOCHT MAN TO HAVE MARE RYCHT ANENT GODWART.
<L 20> BOT MAN SULD BE ARMYT WITH GUDE WILL, SOBERNESSE
HUMILITEE AND PACIENCE CHARITEE AND ABSTINENCE AND
SYNE CUMMYS JUSTICE AND BRINGIS WISDOME WITH HIM
AND ANNOBLIS THE  ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE FER MARE NA
IT WAS BEFORE AND THUS WE HAVE THAT AGANIS ALL VICIS
OF THE ( VII ) DEDELY SYNNIS, THE VERTU OF FORCE WITH
HELP OF THIR OTHIR COUNSALOURIS THAT WE HAVE HERE
BEFORE NAMYT IS SOVERANE REMEDE AGANIS THAME.
AND NOW IS IT SPEDEFULL THAT WE SE QUHAT IS THE
VERTU OF TEMPERAUNCE AND QUHAT IT IS NEDEFULL AND
BEHOVEFULL TILL. AND AS TO THAT THE DOCTOUR SAIS THAT
TEMPERAUNCE IS A VERTU QUHILK HALDIS HIM EVER IN THE
MYDWARDE BETUENE TWA VICIS THAT IS TO SAY, BETUENE
OURE LYTILL AND OURE MEKLE AND THUS TECHIS TEMPERAUNCE
A MAN TO KEPE THE MYDWARDE FOR VERTU IS AY IN THE
MYDWARDE, FOR MAN THAT HAS NA MESURE IN HIM SELF
QUHEN HE DOIS OUTHIR TILL THE HYE OR TO THE LAW THARE
WANTIS DISCRECIOUN OF TEMPERAUNCE AND MESURE THE <L 37>
<P 63>
<L 1>QUHILK IS NEDEFULL TO BE IN KNYCHTHEDE FOR QUHEN
KNYCHT KNAWIS NOCHT HIS QUANTITEIS OF HIS MESURE IN
ALL HIS DEDIS HIS HONOURE IS IN WERE, FOR HE SULD
BE TEMPERIT IN LARGESS THAT HE BE NOUTHIR FULE LARGE
NA OUR WRECHIT IN HARDINESS THAT HE BE NOCHT FULE
HARDY NA OUR COWART IN ETYNG AND DRINKING THAT
HE BE NOCHT GLUTOUN NA GORMAND, NA SLUT NA SLUTHEROUN
NA ZIT DRONKYNSUM, NA THAT HE HUNGER NOCHT
HIMSELF FOR WRECHITNES, IN HIS SPECHE THAT HE HAVE
NOCHT OUR MONY WORDIS NA THAT HE BE NOCHT OUR
BESTELY NA OUR BLATE THAT HE HAVE NA LANGAGE NA
COLLACIOUN IN TYME QUHEN IT EFFERIS ALSSUA IN HIS
CLETHING THAT HE EXCEDE NOCHT NA THAT HE BE NOCHT
OUR WRECHIT. AND THUS IN ALL THING TO HALD MESURE
IS TEMPERAUNCE, AND SCHORTLY TO SAY IT IS THE REUGLE
OF ALL WISDOME AND BUT IT NA KNYCHT MAY WELE
GOVERNE HIS ORDRE NA NEVER SALL MEN FYND TEMPERAUNCE
BOT WITH WISDOME AND WITH VERTU.
ITEM, GUDE CUSTUME AND USAGE IS TILL KNYCHTIS TO
<L 20> HERE EVERY DAY THE MESSE QUHARE EVER HE BE, GIF
IT MAY GUDELY BE GOTTYN AND GIF ONY PRECHING OR
TECHING OF CLERKIS OR WYS MEN BE PROPONYT HE
SULD BE REDY EVER TO HERE THE WORD OF GOD AND
EVER BE REDY TILL HONOURE ANOURNE AND PRAY TO GOD
AND TO LUFE HIM, SERVE HIM HONOURE HIM AND OBEYE
HIM IN ALL PLACE ATOUR ALL THING AND IN ALL HIS DEDIS
HAVE EVER HIS HERT ON HIM AND EVER THINK ON THE
PASSIOUN OF CRIST AND ON HIS AWIN DEDE THAT HE MON
ANYS DEE AND THINK ON THE SCHORTNES AND THE WRECHITNES
OF THIS WARLD AND OF THE PAYNIS OF HELL AND OF
THE GRETE JOYIS AND GLORE CELESTIALL OF HEVYN AND
EVER ASK HIM OF HIS GRACE THAT HYE GLORE OF PARADIS.
AND TRAISTIS WELE THAT HE THAT TAKIS MARE PLESAUNCE
IN HAUKIS AND HOUNDIS DELICIOUS METIS JOLY CLETHINGIS
FAIR WOMMEN GUDE WYNIS AND SPICIS LYCHT WORDIS WITH
NEGLIGENCE OF GODDIS SERVICE AND LYCHTLYING AND
DESPISING OF GODDIS PURE PEPLE AND OF THE LAWIS OF <L 37>
<P 64>
<L 1> GOD AND MAN SYK KNYCHTIS AR NOCHT WORTHY KNYCHTIS
BOT ERAR DISPISARIS OF THE ORDRE AND INYMYES TO
KNYCHTHEDE FOR SUM TROWIS IN WICHECRAFTIS AS IN
METING OF BESTIS OR IN FLEYNG OF FOULIS WITH THAME
OR AGAYNE THAIM OR ON RYCHT HAND OR ON LEFT HAND
SAYAND THE RYCHT SYDE GAIS AGANIS HIM AND THE LEFT
SYDE GAIS WITH HIM AND SAYAND THAT ALL SIK FOLYIS
EFFERIS NOCHT TO WISDOME RESOUN NA DISCRECIOUN NA
TO GUDE FAITH BOT IS AS FOLY OF FULIS THAT GREVIS GOD
AND CASTIS MEN OF GODDIS GRACE AND GERRIS THAIR INYMYES
OFT TYMES BE MAISTERIS OF THAME QUHEN THAI WILL NOCHT
TAK DOCUMENTIS OF GUDE TECHING NA GUDE THEWIS TO
REUGLE THAIR DEDIS AND MARE HAS TRAIST IN THAIR FRETIS
AND FOLYIS NA IN THE FAITH OF GOD ALMYCHTY AND
THARFOR THAI THAT USIS THIR FOLYIS AND LEVIS THE VERTUES
BEFORESAID OF FAYTH GUDE HOPE AND CHARITEE HUMILITEE
LARGESS AND LAWTEE AND NOBILNESS OF FORS OF CURAGE
TO GAYNSTAND ALL THIR UNWORTHY FANTASYES HE IS NOCHT
WORTHY TO BERE THAT HYE WORTHY AND NOBLE ORDRE OF
<L 20> KNYCHTHEDE THAT DOIS THUS. FOR SUM KNYCHT HAS SYK
CUSTUMES TO TROW QUHEN EVER HE SEIS A NAKIT WOMMAN
IN THE MORNYNG HE SALL NOCHT DO HIS PROUFFIT NA HONOURE
THAT DAY NA QUHEN HE SEIS A WOMMAN KEMMAND HIR
HEDE NAKIT IN THE MORNYNG HE SALL NOCHT HAVE HONOUR
IN ARMES THAT DAY. AND THIS IS A FALS UNWORTHY TREUTH
FOR A JUGE THAT KEPIS THE LAWIS THAT HE IS ORDANYT
TO KEPE DOIS WELE HIS OFFICE SA DOIS A KNYCHT QUHEN
HE USIS RESOUN AND DISCRECIOUN AND KEPIS FAYTH AND
LAWTEE WITH ALL THE LAVE OF VERTUES OF NOBLESS THAN
IS HE WORTHY KNYCHT AND KEPIS WELE HIS ORDRE BOT
A KNYCHT THAT WYRKIS EFTIR ZONE FRETIS THAT WE HAVE
HERE SUM PART NAMYT AND OTHERIS AND LEVIS THE ORDRE
OF GUDE VERTUES AND GUDE THEWIS HE IS DOIS EVIN AS
A JUGE THAT LEVIS GUDE AND SUTHFAST WITNESS LED IN
A CAUS BEFORE HIM AND JUGIS AGAYN GUDE FAYTHE BE
THE CHIRMYNG OF FOULIS OR BE THE BERKING OF DOGGIS
AND SYK LYKE THING, AND THUS KNYCHT SULD BE FERME <L 37>
<P 65>
<L 1> IN THE FAITHE NOCHT VARIAND, NA SULD NOCHT TRAIST IN
SIK FRETIS NA WICHECRAFT AND LEVE THE VERRAY FAITHE OF
GOD. FOR ALL SYK THINGIS ARE BOT JANGLYNG OF FENDIS
THAT FLEIS IN THE AYRE THAT TEMPTIS CRISTYN FOLK TO
GER THEM VARY FRA THE RYCHT FAITH TO DRAWE THAME TO
THAIR CONDAMPNACIOUN.
ITEM TILL KNYCHTHEDE AFFERIS PRINCIPALY TOBE AMOROUS
OF THE COMMOUN PROUFFIT AND OF THE COMMOUNS,
FOR QUHY BE THE COMMOUNS AND FOR THE COMMOUN
PROFFIT KNYCHTHEDE WAS FOUNDYN STABLYST AND ORDANYT.
THAN SULD KNYCHTIS BE CURIOUS OF THAIR PROUFFIT BE
RESOUN FOR GUDE RESOUN GEVIS THAT ALL PRINCIS LORDIS
AND KNYCHTIS SPECIALY SULD BE MARE CURIOUS OF THE
COMMOUN PROUFFIT NA OF THAIR AWIN PROPRE GUDIS
FOR QUHY IT IS MARE NEDEFULL AND MARE SPEDEFULL
AND GRETTER AND MARE NECESSAIR FOR THE COMMOUN
PROUFFIT RICHES BATHE PRINCE AND PEPLE AND GUDE
PROPRE GUDIS BOT A PERSONE PROPRELY AND MARE
GUDE ISTO BE BATHE RICHE PRINCE AND PEPLE NA HE
<L 20> ALLANE AND NOCHT HIS PEPLE.
ITEM TO KNYCHT EFFERIS TO SPEKE SOBIRLY AND WISELY,
AND CURTASLY AND TO BE ALSSUA NOBLYE CLED IN DIVERS
CLETHINGIS AND HONORABLE FAIR HORS FAIR HARNAIS IN
THE HANTING OF WERIS AND GOVERNAUNCE THAT HE HAS
TILL HALD ALSSUA GUDE HOUS EFTIR HIS POWER AND ESTATE,
TILL HAVE HONEST HOUSING AND TREULY CURTASY AND
KNYCHTHEDE SULD NEVER PART COMPANY FOR FOULE AND
VILAYNOUS SPECHE FYLIS THE MOUTH OF A NOBLE KNYCHT
AND SA DOIS IT OF ALL PERSONE OF ESTATE HAMELYNES
AND GUDE SPECIALITEE OF ACQUYNTAUNCE WITH GUDE FOLK
WORTHY AND HONEST IS WELE ACCORDANT TO KNYCHTHEDE.
ITEM LAUTEE VERITEE JUSTICE HUMILITEE CHARITEE
LARGESS HARDYNESS PROWESS WITH FORS IN CURAGE AND
NOBLESS PITEE HONESTEE, DREDE SCHAME, WITH OTHIR
SYK LIKE VERTUES AND OTHERIS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE
NAMYT APPERTENIS WELE TO BE IN COMPANY WITH THE
NOBLE ORDRE AND RYCHT AS WE SAY THAT IN GOD IS <L 37>
<P 66>
<L 1> ALL VERTU ALL NOBLESS AND ALL GUDELYNESS SA SULD ALL
KNYCHTIS LORDIS AND PRINCIS FOLOW AT ALL THAIR GUDELY
POWERE THE FUTSTEPPIS OF THAIR LEDARE LORD AND TECHOUR
JHESUS CRIST, QUHILK ALL HIS WERKIS THAT HE WROCHT
WAS ALL TO GEVE US GUDE INSTRUCTIOUN TO GOVERNE US
IN SYKLIKE MANER. AND ALL THE WRITTIS THAT EVER WAS
WRITTIN FOR OUR DOCUMENTIS AND TECHING, FOR THE
TECHING OF THE KEPING OF HORS AND HARNAIS AND
WAPINIS IS NOCHT ANERLY THE INSTRUCTIOUN OF KNYCHTHEDE
TILL HIS BARNIS AND OTHERIS THAT HE SULD TECHE
UNDER HIM BOT THE GUDE CUSTUMES GUDE INSTRUCTIOUNS
IN VERTUES AND GUDE ENSAMPLES OF GUDE GODLYKE
GOVERNAUNCE EFTER ALL THE FORME AND MANER BEFORE
SAID SULD BE THE GOVERNAUNCE OF KNYCHTIS FIRST IN
THAMESELF AND SYNE TECHE TILL OTHERIS FOR HE THAT
BETTER TECHIS HIS HORS NA HIS BARNIS HE GAIS NOCHT
<L 17> THE RYCHT GATE TO TECHE THE ORDER.
THE AUCHTAND CHAPITRE
<L 23> HERE DECLARIS THE DOCTOUR THE HONOURIS THAT SULD
(MARG) (OCTAVUM CAPITULUM) (END OF MARG)
<L 24> BE DONE TO THE NOBLE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE. GOD HIM
SELF ORDANYT KNYCHTHEDE AND HONOURIT IT AND HONOURIS
IT, AND ALSSUA ALL THE PEPLE HONOURIS KNYCHTHEDE AND
AS IS RECOUNTIT BE THE LAWIS, KNYCHTHEDE IS HONOURIT
ABUFE ALL ORDRE THAT EVER WAS NEXT PRESTEHEDE AS MAIST
HONORABLE ORDRE AND OFFICE THAT IS OR WES AND ABONE
ALL STATIS SAUFFAND THE HALY ORDER AND OFFICE THAT
SACRIFYIS THE BODY OF GOD THE HALY SACRAMENT OF
<L 32> THE ALTARE WITH THE OTHERIS SACRAMENTIS OF THE HALY
<P 67>
<L 1> KIRK. AND THE SAID ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE IS RYCHT
NECESSAIR TO THE GOVERNAUNCE OF THE WARLDE AS IS BEFORE
SAID IN SYNDRY PLACIS AND THAREFORE BEFORE ALL TEMPORALE
ORDRE KNYCHTHEDE SULD BE HONOURIT BE MONY
RESOUNS WITH ALL MANER OF PEPLE. FOR AND EMPEROURIS
KINGIS AND PRINCIS HAD NOCHT ANNEXT TO THAME THE
ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE WITH THE VERTUES AND PROPERETEIS
AND NOBILITEIS LANGAND TO THE SAID ORDRE, THAI WAR
NOCHT WORTHY TO BE EMPEROURIS KINGIS NA PRINCIS
FOR SUPPOSE THE OFFICE BE GRETARE THE ORDRE IS YLYKE
ANE IN KINGIS AND IN KNYCHTIS AS PRESTEHEDE IS YLYKE
OF DEGREE BATHE IN PAPE CARDYNALE AND PATRIARCHE
ALSMEKLE IS IT IN A SYMPLE PRESTE AND SA IS IT IN
KINGIS AND PRINCIS KNYCHTHEDE IN REGARDE OF SYMPLE

KNYCHTIS SUPPOSE THE OFFICE BE MARE GRETE THAREFORE
AUCHT THAI TILL HONOURE THE OFFICE AND ORDRE
OF KNYCHTHEDE BATHE EMPEROURIS KINGIS PRINCIS
AND BAROUNS FOR QUHAN THAI DO NOCHT HONOURE TO
THE SAID ORDRE THAI DO DISHONOUR TO THAME SELF FOR
<L 20> THE KNYCHTIS GERRIS THE GRETE LORDIS PRINCIS AND
BAROUNS BE HONOURIT ABONE THE SMALL PEPLE AND
THAN SULD THAI AGAIN DO HONOUR TO THE SAID ORDRE
AND HONOUR THAME ABUFE THE PEPLE.
ITEM, ALL KNYCHTIS AR FREE BE THAIR ORDRE FOR
KNYCHTHEDE AND FREDOME ACORDIS TOGEDER RYCHT WELE
TO THE RYALE MAGESTEE AND LORDSCHIP. AND THAREFORE
SEN KNYCHTHEDE IS ORDANYT FOR THE MANETENYNG DEFENDING
AND UPHALDING OF EMPEROURIS AND KINGIS
PRINCIS BAROUNS AND OF ALL COMMOUNS AND SMALL
PEPLE THAN IS IT GRETE RESOUN THAT THAI ALL SULD DEFEND,
MANETENE AND UPHALDE THE HONOUR OF KNYCHTHEDE
AND ALL KNYCHTIS. AND TO THE HONOUR OF KNYCHTHEDE
IT APPERTENIS THAT HE BE IN HONOUR HALDYN
AND THAT HE BE LUFIT FOR HIS GUDELYNES AND THAT HE
BE DOUBTIT FOR HIS PROWESS AND HARDYNESS AND THAT
HE BE LOVIT FOR HIS NOBLE DEDIS OF WORTHYNES AND
<L 37> THAT HE BE HAMELY FOR HIS LAWLYNES AND HICHTY IN
<P 68>
<L 1> TYME. AND BE CAUSE HE IS OF THE SELF ORDRE THAT
KINGIS AR OF HE SULD BE HALDIN OF COUNSALE TO KINGIS
AND OF GRETE PRINCIS AND BE CAUSE THAT HE IS OF THE
NATUR OF ALL MANKYNDE AND ENCLYNYT TO VICIS HE IS
THE MARE WORTHY AND HONOURABLE THAT HE HAS FORCE
OF NOBLE CURAGE TO ABSTENE HIM THARFRA AND THARFORE
SULDE A KNYCHT DISPISE ALL VICIS AND LUFE ALL
VERTUES FOR THE QUHILKIS ALL KNYCHTIS AR HONOURIT
AND NOCHT FOR OTHIR CAUSE AND ALL PRINCE KING LORD
OR BAROUN THAT HONOURIS KNYCHTHEDE OUTHIR IN COURT
OR IN COUNSALE IN HOUS OR IN SEMBLEE HE HONOURIS
HIMSELF. AND ALSUA QUHA HONOURIS THAME IN GOVERNEMENT
OF BATAILL HONOURIS HIM SELF AND ALSSUA ALL
LORDE THAT OF A WISE KNYCHT MAKIS HIM A SERVAND
DELYVERIS HIS HONOUR IN THE HANDIS OF NOBLESS OF
GUDE CURAGE AND QUHAT LORD OR PRINCE THAT ENCRESIS
THE HONOURE OF A WISE KNYCHT IN HIS SERVICE OR
MULTIPLYIS IT ENCRESSIS AND MULTIPLYIS HIS AWIN HONOUR
AND QUHAT EVER LORD THAT MANETENYS KNYCHT THAT IS
IN OFFICE ORDANYT TILL HIM AND ENFORSIS HIM IN HIS
<L 21> OFFICE HE ENFORSIS HIM SELF AND HIS LORDSCHIP. AND
LORD THAT IS BATHE PRINCE AND KNYCHT HAS GRETE
AFFINITEE AND LUFE AND FRENDSCHIP TO KNYCHTHEDE AND
GRETE COMPANY SULD HAVE THAR WITH AND GIF HE
REQUERIS OF FOLY AND EVILL MANER OF TRETY ONY KNYCHTIS
WYF TILL ENCLYNE HIR TO WIKKITNES, HE EXCEDIS THE
HONOUR OF KNYCHTHEDE NA ZIT ALSA A KNYCHTIS WYF
THAT HAS BARNIS UNLAUFULL OF VILLAINE GENERACIOUN DOIS
LVTILL HONOUR TO THE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE THAT SCHO
IS HONOURIT THROU BOT SCHO DESTROYIS ANDE PUTTIS TO
NOCHT THE NOBLE LIGNIE AND CONFRATERNITEE OF KNYCHTHEDE.
AND QUHAT KNYCHT THAT HAS HIS BARNIS IN
MATRYMOYNE WITH ONY VILLAINE WOMMAN HE DOIS LYTILL
HONOUR TO THE NOBLE ORDRE OF KNYCHTHEDE NA TO THE
BAND OF GENTRISE. AND SEN IT IS SA THAT NOBLESSE AND
GENTILLESSE AR OF TENDERNESSE AND FRENDSCHIP TO KNYCHTHEDE
<L 37> AND TO THE HONOUR OF KNYCHTHEDE AND OF HIS
<P 69>
<L 1> LADY BE THE HONOURIT BAND OF MARIAGE AND THE CONTRAIR
IS DESTRUCTIOUN OF KNYCHTHEDE. THUS GIF NOBLEIS
AND GENTILL MEN THAT AR NA KNYCHTIS AND HAS BOT
HONOUR AND WORSCHIP OF THAIR AWIN BIRTH AND NATIVITEE
AR OBLIST NATURALY TO HONOUR OF NOBLESSE AND KNYCHTHEDE
BE THE VERTU OF GENTRISE THAT THAI AR NATYF TILL
THAN MEKLE MARE AR KNYCHTIS BEHALDYN TO THE HONOURE
AND WORSCHIP OF KNYCHTHEDE QUHILKIS BE THAIR ORDRE
THAI AR BUNDYN TO FOR IN THAT THAT THAI DO HONOUR
TO THAIR ORDRE THAI DO HONOUR TO THAME SELF. FOR
ALL KNYCHT IS OBLIST AT ALL POWERE TO HONOUR HIS
PERSONE FIRST TO BE WELE CLED IN HIS PERSONE SYNE
TO BE WELE HORSSIT AND SYNE WELE ENARMYT AND
HARNEST IN HIS HABILLIAMENT AND ALSSUA AW NOBILY TO BE
SERVIT OF NOBLE PERSONIS THAT IS TO SAY PERSONIS
VERTUOUS SEN ALL NOBILNESSE PRESUPPONIS VERTU. BUT
ZIT MEKLE MARE BUT COMPARISOUN IS HE BEHALDYN TILL
HONOUR HIM SELF WITH NOBLESSE OF CURAGE FOR THE
QUHILK NOBLESSE OF CURAGE HE BERIS THAT HYE AND
<L 20> NOBLE ORDER OF KNYCHTHEDE THE QUHILK ALSSUA IS
DEFOULIT AND DISHONOURIT QUHEN A KNYCHT LEVIS VERTU
OF CURAGE AND TAKIS HIM FALSE COGITACIOUNS OF TRAYSOUNS
REF AND RAP MURDER AND THIFT AND PUTTIS OUT
OF HIS CURAGE AND SLOKIS ALL THE SAID VERTUES OF
NOBLESSE AS JUSTICE TEMPERANCE FORS AND PRUDENCE
WITH FAITH GUDE HOPE AND CHARITEE LIBERALITEE AND
LAUTEE WITH OTHERIS BEFORE NAMYT APPERTENAND TO
THE MAIST NOBLE ORDRE AND THUS KNYCHT THAT DISHONOURIS
ANE KNYCHT HIS FADER IN KNYCHTHEDE IS NOCHT
WORTHY TO BE HONOURIT FOR GIF HE WAR HONOURIT SEN
HE DISHONOURIS HIS AWIN ORDRE MEKLE WRANG WAR THAN
DONE TO THE NOBLE ORDRE TO DO HONOUR TILL HIM THAT
DISHONOURIS HIM SELF AND HIS ORDRE FOR QUHA MAY
BETTER HONOURE OR DISHONOURE THE ORDRE NA THAI
THAT AR OF THE ORDRE AND BERAND THE ORDRE AND
THUS SEN KNYCHT HAS IN HIS HERT A NOBLE DUELLING
PLACE FOR THE VERTUES AND NOBLESSE OF CURAGE THAT <L 37>
<P 70>
<L 1> SULD GOVERNE AND MANETENE KNYCHTHEDE KEPE WELL
THAT CASTELL PLACE AND DUELLING THAT IT BE NOCHT
OUR SETT NA SEGIT WITH VICIS  THANE HONOUR AND
REVERENCE IS WORTHI TO BE DONE TILL HIM FOR HIS MEKLE
WORSCHIP AND NOBLESSE. AND THE MARE THAT KNYCHTHEDE
BE ASSEMBLYT WITH HIE PRINCEHEDE OR HYE LORDSCHIP
THE MARE IS THE KNYCHT BEHALDYN TILL HONOURE HIS
NOBLE ORDRE AND MARE OBLIST TO MANETENE HIS KNYCHTHEDE
WITH WORSCHIP AT THE REVERENCE HONOUR LUFE
LOVING SERVICE AND DOUBTING OF ALMYCHTY GOD OURE
GLORIOUSE SALVIOURE AND OF HIS DERE AND GLORIOUSE
MODER AND VIRGYNE OURE SUETE LADY MARYE AND ALL
THE HALY COURT OF HEVIN
( IN NOMINE PATRIS ET FILII ET SPIRITUS SANCTI AMEN )
(COLOPH) EXPLICIT LORDRE DE CHEVALRIE (END OF COLOPH) <L 15>
<P 71>
(HEAD) THE BUKE OF THE GOVERNAUNCE OF PRINCIS (END OF HEAD)
<L 1> HERE BEGYNNYS THE BUKE CALLIT THE BUKE OF
THE GOVERNAUNCE OF PRINCIS (ETC ET PRIMO
TABULA)
HERE BEGYNNYS THE TABLE OF THE BUKE OF THE GOVERNAUNCE
OF PRINCIS AND FIRST OF THE PROLOUG OF THE FIRST
FYNDING AND INTERPRETACIOUN OF THE SAID BUKE OUT OF
DIVERS LANGAGIS ( ETC )
ITEM OF THE FIRST PISTLE SEND FRA ALEXANDER TILL ARESTOTIL
TO ASK HIM COUNSALE OF THE GOVERNAUNCE OF PERS
NEW CONQUEST AND OF THE FORME OF THE EPISTLE AND OF
HIS ANSWERE.
ITEM OF ANE OTHER OF THE ANSUERIS OF ARISTOTLE TILL
ALEXANDER AND THE FORME OF THE EPISTLE SEND FRA
ARESTOTLE OF HIS OPYNIOUN
( PRIMUM CAPITULUM DE REGIMINE PRINCIPUM)
THE FIRST CHAPITER IS HOW THARE IS FOUR
MANERIS OF KINGIS ( PRIMUM CAPMQ )
HOW AVARICE AND FULE LARGESS SULD BE
ESCHEWIT IN A KING ( IJ CAMQ )
<L 20> HOW PRINCIS AND KINGIS SULD SETT THAME FOR
GUDE RENOUN HERE ( IIJ CAMQ )
HOW THAI SULD ESCHEW ALL OUTRAGES CARNALL
LUSTIS AND APPETITIS ( IIIJ CAMQ )
<P 72>
<L 1> QUHAT KYNDE OF SAPIENCE EFFEIRIS TO KINGIS
PRINCIS AND GRETE LORDIS ( V CAMQ )
QUHAT KYN HABIT ANOURNEMENT AND CLETHING
THAI SULD HAVE ( VJ CAMQ )
HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS SULD PUNISS MYSDOARIS
AND HONOUR GUDE MEN ( VIJ CAMQ )
HOW THAI SULD HAVE IN THAME JUSTICE AND
EQUITEE WITH MERCI ( VIIJ CAMQ )
QUHAT KYN PLESANCE DEDUYTIS AND RECREACIOUNS
PRINCIS SULD TAK ( IX CAMQ )
HOW PUNICIOUN SULD BE MAID EFTIR THE CASS
AND STATE OF PERSONIS ( X CAMQ )
HOW PRINCIS MAY BE LYKNYT TO THE DEW OF
THE HEVYN ( XJ CAMQ )
HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS AR OF THE SAMYN
NATURE WITH SYMPLE  MEN ( XIJ CAMQ )
HOW THAI SULD DELYTE THAME IN BUKIS OF
STORIES OF VIRTUES AND VICES ( XIIJ CAMQ )
AND OF OTHER HONORABLE DEDIS OF ALDE
ANCESTRY AND OF WISDOME ( XIIJ CAMQ )
<L 21>HOW THAI SULD KEPE GUDE FAITH AND LAUTEE
TILL ALL MANKYNDE EVER ( XIIIJ CAMQ )
HOW PRINCIS SULD FOUND SCOLIS AND STUDYES
OF SCIENCIS IN THAIR COUNTREIS ( XV CAMQ )
HOW THAI SULD NOCHT GOVERNE THAME BE
WOMEN NA TROW THAIR COUNSALE ( XVJ CAMQ )
HOW THAI SULD NOCHT TRAIST ANERLY IN A MEDICYNE
BUT MA ( XVIJ CAMQ )
HOW PRINCIS SULD GOVERNE THAME BE A WYS
CLERK EXPERT IN ASTRONOMY ( XVIIJ CAMQ )
OFF THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND OF THE
DIVISIOUN OF IT ( XIX CAMQ )
HOW PRINCIS SULD ATOUR ALL THING TAK KEPE
TO THAIR HELE ( XX CAMQ )
HOW AND IN QUHAT MANER THAI SULD GOVERNE
THAIR HELE KEPING ( XXJ CAMQ ) <L 36>
<P 73>
<L 1> HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR CERTAIN
DOCUMENTIS OF MEDICYNE ( XXIJ CAMQ )
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR CERTANE
SECRETE DOCUMENTIS OF MEDICYNE ( XXIIJ CAMQ )
HERE DECLARIS HE THE FOUR RATHIS OF THE ZERE
AND FIRST OF VER
AND FIRST OF THE KYNDE OF THE SESOUN OF
SOMER ( XXV CAMQ )
AND SYNE OF THE THRID SESOUN THAT IS CALLIT
HERVIST ( XXVJ CAMQ )
AND SYNE OF THE NATURE OF THE WYNTER ( XXVIJ CAMQ )
QUHAT THINGIS FATTIS OR LENYS MEN MAIST ( XXVIIJ CAMQ )
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR ANE OTHER
POYNT OF MEDICYNE ( XXIX CAMQ )
QUHAT KYNDIS OF METIS ARE BEST FOR MAN ( XXX CAMQ )
OFF SUNDRY KYNDIS OF WATERIS AND THAIR
NATURIS ( XXXJ CAMQ )
OFF SUNDRY KYNDIS OF WYNIS AND THAIR
NATURIS ( XXXJJ CAMQ )
<L 20> OFF BATHIS AND STUPHIS AND THAIR GOVERNAUNCE
AND PROUFFITIS ( XXXIIJ CAMQ )
QUHAT JUSTICE EFFERIS TILL A PRINCE OR A KING ( XXXIV CAMQ )
HOW A KING OR A PRINCE SULD KEN HIM SELF ( XXXV CAMQ )
HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS SULD GOVERNE BE
GRETE COUNSALE ( XXXVJ CAMQ )
HOW THE MAN IS MAID OF THE FOUR ELEMENTIS ( XXXVIJ CAMQ )
HOW PRINCIS SULD HAVE DISCRETE SECRETARIS ( XXXVIIJ CAMQ )
HOW THAI SULD HAVE DISCRETE AND TRAIST
MESSAGERIS ( XXXIX CAMQ )
HOW THE PRINCE AND PEPLE AR COMPERIT TILL
A GARDYN ( XL CAMQ )
(COLOPH) ( EXPLICIT TABULA DE REGIMINE PRINCIPUM.) (END OF COLOPH)
(NOBIS SANCTI SPIRITUS GRATIA SIT DATA DE QUA VIRGO
VIRGINUM FUIT OBUMBRATA)
<P 74>
<L 1> HERE BEGYNNIS THE BUKE CALLIT
THE BUKE OF THE GOVERNAUNCE OF
PRINCIS THAT IS CALLIT THE SECRETE
OF SECRETIS MAID BE ARISTOTYLL TILL
ALEXANDER THE GRAND AND FIRST
THE PROLOUG AS IT IS CONTENYT IN
THE FRAUNCH BUKE.
(MARG) PROLOGUE (END OF MARG)
<L 8> HERE DECLARIS THE AUTOUR OF THIS BUKE THAT A CLERK
CALLIT FAIR PATERIS WYS IN ALL LANGAGIS FAND IN GRECE KEPIT
WITHIN A TEMPLE CALLIT THE TEMPLE OF THE SOUNE THE
QUHILK THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR ESCULAPIUS HAD GERT
MAK THIS BUKE OF THE SECRETIS OF ARESTOTLE IN LANGAGE
OF GREU, THE QUHILK HE TRANSLATIT OUT OF GREW IN THE
LANGAGE OF CALDEE THE QUHILK WAS QUHILOM THE LANGAGE
OF GRETE BABILOYNE AND NOW IS THE LANGAGE OF GRETE
INDE. AND SYNE AT REQUEST OF THE KING OF ARABY HE
TRANSLATIT IT OFF THE LANGAGE OF CALDEE IN HIS LANGAGE OF
ARRABYKYS AND SYNE EFTER THAT MONY A ZERE ANE OTHIR
GRETE CLERK CALLIT PHILIPPUS TRANSLATIT IT OUT OF ARABYK IN
<L 20> LANG LATIN AND SEND IT TILL ANE REVEREND FADER IN CRIST
AND WYSE PRELATE NOBLE AND HONOURABLE SIR GUY DE
VALANCE BISHOP OF TRYPLOUN AND AS BERIS WITNESS BE
THAIR ALDE ANCIENT STORIES THE WORTHY AND NOBLE PHILOSOPHOURIS
IN THAY TYMIS THAT ALS LANG AS ALEXANDER LE
GRANT HAD WITH HYM ARESTOTIL THE WYS  CLERK HE PASSIT
THROUCH AND VENCUST ALL REALMES AND ALL HIS INYMYES
THROU THE MEKLE PRUDENCE AND WYSDOME OF THAT NOBLE <L 27>
<P 75>
<L 1> PHILOSOPHOUR AND THROU HIS COUNSALE AND QUHEN HE
MYCHT NO MARE TRAVAILE WITH HIM HE SEND HIM AY
BETUENE LETTRIS AND ESPISTELIS HOW HE SULD GOVERNE HIM
IN ALL HIS DEDIS AND GRETE MATERIS AND AT THE LAST QUHEN
HE SAW HE MICHT NOCHT FOR ELDE LANGSUMLY BE NATURE
LEFT HE COMPILIT THIS BUKE TO BE A REUGLE OF GOVERNAUNCE
TILL HIM EVER MARE QUHILL HE LYVIT AND SEND IT TILL HIM
WITH GRETE REGRATE AND LAMENTACIOUN THAT HE MICHT NO
MARE BE WITH HIM SA MEKLE HE LUFIT HIM FOR CAUS HE
WAS HIS MAISTER AND HIS TECHOUR EVER FRA HIS BEGYNNYNG
OF BARNEHEDE TILL THAT TYME AND WITH HIM IN HIS CONQUESTIS.
AND SYNE WAS THIS ILKE BUKE TRANSLATIT OUT OF
LATYNE IN THE LANGAGE OF ROMAINE NOCHT ALL HALELY BUT
ALSMEKLE AS THAME THOCHT NEDEFULL AND SPEDEFULL TO
THE GOVERNAUNCE OF PRINCIS AND THAREFORE THE NOBLE
PHILOSOPHOUR SAID IN HIS COUNSALE GEVING TILL ALEXANDER
THAT IT WAS NOCHT SPEDEFULL THAT THIS BUKE WAR TILL ALL
MEN PUBLIST BUT ANERLY TO THE SECRETE COUNSALE OF PRINCIS
AND OF GRETE LORDIS AND NOCHT TO COMMOUNS AND TO REDE
<L 20> IT OFT TYMIS BEFORE THAME TO TAK AS MYROUR SCHAWIS THE
FAULTIS AND THE SUTHFASTNES ENSAMPLE AND DOCTRINE OF
GUDE LYFING AND FORMABLE AS EFFERIS TO THAIR HONOUR AND
PROUFFIT AND OF THAIR SUBJECTIS FOR IT IS NOCHT SPEDEFULL
THAT POPULARIS WIT THE SECRETE OF PRINCIS NA LORDIS
GOVERNAUNCE NA THE REUGLIS OF THAIR ORDER. AND THARFOR
IS THE BUKE CALLIT THE SECRETE OF SECRETIS OF ARESTOTIL
ORDANYT FOR DOCUMENT AND TECHING OF GOVERNAUNCE
OF PRINCIS
HERE DECLARIS HE HOW ARESTOTLE RESSAVIT A PISTLE
(MARG) ( PRIMO DE RECEPCIONE EPISTOLE PER ARESTOTILEM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 30> SEND FRA ALEXANDER TILL HIM IN HIS GRETE AGE TO ASK
COUNSALE QUHEN HE HAD CONQUEST PERS WHETHER HE
SULD DESTROY AND SLA ALL THE FOLK OF THAT LAND AND
PEPLE IT WITH OTHERIS BE CAUS THAT THEY WAR PERILOUS
TO GOVERNE AND SUBTILE AND FULL OF MYCHTI MALICIOUS
ENGYNE OF CONQUEST FOR THE QUHILK HE DRED THAIR SUBTILE
<L 36> MALICE.
<P 76>
<L 1> ( FORMA EPISTOLE ALEXANDRI REGIS MAGNI AD ARISTOTILEM )
<L 2> TILL ANE MAIST NOBLE AND WORTHY LORD OF JUSTICE I
SIGNIFY TO THY PRUDENCE THAT I HAVE FOUNDYN IN THE
LAND OF PERS A KYNDE OF FOLK RYCHT HABOUNDAND IN
RICHESSE AND OF LYTILL UNDERSTANDING SETTAND THAIR STUDY
TO MAK CONQUESTIS OF REALMES AND DESYRAND TILL HAVE
LORDSCHIP ATOUR OTHIR MEN. FOR THE QUHILK CAUS THAT
WE CAN NOCHT FYND TO BE SEKER OF THAME WE HAVE
TANE TO PROPOSE TO PUT THAME ALL TO DEDE BOT BYDAND
TO HAVE THY COUNSALE THARE TO BE WRYTT IN LETTRES THE
QUHILK COUNSALE WE WILL KEPE AND FULFILL AT THE UTTERAST.
(MARG) RESPONSIO ARISTOTILIS AD ALEXANDRUM (END OF MARG)
<L 12> HERE FOLLOWIS THE ANSUERE OF ARESTOTIL TILL ALEXANDER
IN EPISTIL ALEXANDER GIF THOU MAY CHANGE THE NATURE OF
THE ERDE THE WATER AND THE AIRE OF THAT REGIOUN AND THE
DISPOSICIOUN OF THE CITEIS OF THE LANDIS OF PERS THAN
COUNSALE I THAT THOU DO THY WILL HARDILY AND GIF THOU
MAY NOCHT DO AS FORESAID IS SLA THAME NOCHT BOT
GOVERNE  THAME IN ALL GUDELYNES WITH CLEMENCE BENIGNITEE
AND SUETENES PUT HONOUR TO THAME AND
<L 20> GRACIOUSLY DEMAYNE THAME IN GRACIOUS JUSTICE AND
EQUITEE THE QUHILK GIF THOU DOIS I TRAIST THAT WITH
THE GRACE OF GOD THAT THAI SALBE GUDE SUBJECTIS TO
THE AND SALL GOVERNE THAME AT THY PLESAUNCE AND COMMANDEMENT
FOR THAN FOR THE LUFE THAT THAI SALL HAVE
TO THE FOR THY NOBLESSE THOU SALL HAVE THE DOMINACIOUN
APON THAME WITH PES AND TRANQUILLITEE THE QUHILKIS
LETTERIS THE PRINCE RESSAVIT WITH BENIGNITEE AND FULFILLIT
HIS COUNSALE UTTERLY THROUGH THE QUHILKIS THINGIS THE
PEPLE OF PERS GAVE SIK A LUFERENT TILL ALEXANDER THAT
THAI LUFIT HIM BETTER AND WAS MARE OBEYSAND TILL HIM
NA ONY OTHIR PEPLE OF ONY OF HIS OTHIR CONQUESTIS.
(MARG) ( RESPONSIO SECUNDA ARISTOTILIS AD ALEXANDRUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 32> HERE FOLLOWIS A PISTLE SEND FRA ARISTOTIL TILL ALEXANDER
EXCUSAND HIM THAT FOR ELDE AND WAYKENES HE
<L 34> MYCHT NA MARE BYDE WITH HIM NA HALD THE COURT.
<P 77>
<L 1> AND THARFORE HE SEND HIM A REGEMENT IN WRYTT HOW
AND IN QUHAT MANER HE SULD GOVERNE HIM AY FURTH
THE QUHILK BEGYNNIS IN THIS MANER AS EFTER FOLOWIS.
ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE GLORIOUS EMPEROUR THE
SOVERAINE PRECIOUS GOD ALMYCHTI MOT CONFERME THEE
AND SEND THE KNAULAGE TO FAVOUR THE WAYIS OF VERTU
AND OF VERITEE AND THAT HE WALD REFREYNE IN THE ALL
BESTIALE APPETITIS AND THAT HE WALD ILLUMYN THYNE ENGYNE
AND CONFERME THY SPIRIT OF THY GOVERNAUNCE TILL HIS
HONOURE AND SERVICE HONOURABLY TO BE RESSAVIT AS
EFFERIS. AND I HAVE UNDERSTANDIN HOW THOU DESYRIS
THAT I WAR WITH THEE AND THAT THOU SAIS THAT THOU ART
AMERVAILIT THAT I MAY ABSTENE ME FRA THY PRESENCE
THINKAND THAT I AM NOCHT SA BESY AND DILIGENT OF
THY GOVERNAUNCE AS I WAS WONT TO BE. AND BE THIS
CAUS I HAVE UNDERTANE TO MAK A LITIL REUGLE CALLIT
CANNONET THAT IS TO SAY A LYTILL BUKE THE QUHILK SAL BE
AS A BALAUNCE IN THE QUHILK THOU SALL PAYSS ALL THY
WERKIS IN AND TO BE A SUPPLEE TO THE IN MYN
<L 20> ABSENCE RYCHT AS I WAR PRESENT THE QUHILK SALBE A
REUGLE CERTAYNE AND FERME OF ALL THY DEDIS AND SALL
SCHAW THE SELF THINGIS TECHYNGIS AND DOCUMENTIS THAT
I SULD GEVE THE AND I WAR PRESENT THARE WITH THE
BOT THOU SULD NOCHT ARGU NA BLAME ME SUPPOS I AM
NOCHT AY WITH THE NOCHT TRAISTAND THAT I DO THAT FOR
DESDEYNE NA DESPYTE BOT FOR GRETE QUANTITEE OF AGE
AND GRETE FEBILNESS OF BODY HAS MAID ME SA PAYSAND
AND HEVY TO TRAVAILE THAT POWER WANTIS AND NA GUDE
WILL AND ALS FAIR SONE THOU HAS REQUERIT ME SAYAND
THAT THOU DESYRIS TO WIT THE MOVING WIRKING AND CONSTELLACIOUN
OF THE STERNIS AND PLANETIS THE ART ALSSUA
THAT IS CALLIT ARTE MAGICA AND ALSSUA THE ARTIS OF GROWING
AND WANYNG OF NATURE WITH MONY OTHIR QUESTIOUNS
THAT THOU HAS SEND TO ME TO SPERE AND TO WIT OF THE
QUHILKIS THINGIS CERTAYNLY AR SA SUBTILE AND HYE SCIENCE
AND UNDERSTANDING THAT SCANTLY MAY ONY SPIRIT MORTALL <L 36>
<P 78>
<L 1> TAK ONY KNAULAGE THAROF BOT AS OF THINGIS THAT PERTENIS
AND BELANGIS TO THYNE ESTATE AND SIK AS PERTENIS
THE TO WIT I SALL SCHAWE THE SUFFICIANDLY AS TO THE
EFFERIS AND MARE NA THAT ME THINK THY DISCRECIOUN
SULD DESYRE TO DEMANDE ME BOT IT THAT I HAVE PUT
IN THIS BUKE HERE THE QUHILK IS MY SECRETE THE QUHILK
AND THOU WILL REDE AND UNDERSTAND AND HALD WELE IN
THY HERT THARE SAL BE LYTILL OBSTACLE OR DIFFERENCE BETWIX
THIR DOCUMENTIS AND ALL THAT THOU HAST MAID ME REQUEST
OF AND THAT THOU DESYRIS TO WIT. FOR GOD HAS
GIVIN THE WIT UNDERSTANDING WYTH A LYCHT SUBTILE ENGYNE
BE THE QUHILKIS WITH HELP OF MY DOCUMENTIS AND TECHINGIS
THOU MAY OUR TAK ALL THY DESYRIS FOR DESYRE
OF THY WILL BYDDIS AND WYRKIS THE WAYE OF THE PURPOS
AND SALL LEDE IT TILL ANE END BE THE WILL OF ALMYCHTY
GOD AND UNDERSTAND WELE THAT BE TWA THINGIS THOU
MAY CUM WELE TO THYNE ENTENT THE FIRST IS TO HAVE
COMPUNCTIOUN PITEE AND MERCI OF THY SUBJECTIS AND TO
BE SOBIR AND SPARUM OF THAIR GUDIS QUHEN THAI FALL IN
THY DANGERE AND THAIR POSSESSIOUNS EFTER THE KNAULAGE
<L 21> TANE AND THE INQUEST OF THAIR DEDIS AND OF SECRETIS
GUDE DEDIS OF ANCIEN FADERIS WORTHY MEN AND WISE
PHILOSOPHOURIS AND JUGIS THE QUHILKIS GOD CHESIT AND
HAS GEVIN THAME SAPIENCE TO TECHE OTHERIS AND GEVE
THAME INSTRUCTIOUNIS AND DOCUMENTIS OF. AND THAI
GEVE OFT TYMIS THAIR DOCUMENTIS IN SECRE WORDIS BE
ENSAMPLIS SYNIS AND FIGURIS COVERTLY. BOT I HAVE GRETE
DREDE THAT THIS BUKE CUM NOCHT IN THE HANDIS OF MEN
THAT CAN NOCHT UNDERSTAND TO CUM TO VERITEE BE WAY
OF ARGUMENT OR TO UNLELE MEN QUHILKIS WAR NOCHT
WORTHY TO HAVE SA MEKLE GUDE AND GIF IT WAR SA I
WAR THAN TRANSGRESSOUR OF GODDIS GRACE AND BRYSAR OF
THE SECRETIS OF HEVYN. AND THARFORE HERE I CHARGE
THE ON GODDIS BEHALVE AND AS THOU WILL ANSUERE BEFORE
HIM ON THE DREDEFULL DAY OF DOME THAT THOU KEPE IT
SECRETELY BOT TO THAME THAT IT EFFERIS THAT IS TO PRINCIS
AND PRINCIS COUNSAILOURIS AND TRAIST VERAILY THAT QUHASA <L 37>
<P 79>
<L 1> DISCOVERIS ONY SECRETE OR REVELIS IT WHARE IT AW NOCHT
TO BE REVELIT THAT SONE EFTER GRETE MISCHEF AND MISAVENTURE
SALL FALL HIM THE QUHILK GOD KEPE THE FRA
AND THAT THOU DO NEVER SA DISHONEST A TURNE. AND
OFT TYMIS EFTER THIS REMEMBER THE OF THIS THAT I SAY
HERE AND MAK THE A MYROUR OF IT. ANDE TRAIST WELE
THAT EVERY KING MON HAVE AND HE BE WELE THRE HELPIS
SUSTENAND HIS REALME BE THE QUHILKIS HIS REALME IS SUSTENYT
AND HELPIT AND MANETENYT AND CONFOURTIT. THE
FIRST IS THAT HE HAVE GOUVERNEMENT JUST AND LELE TILL
GOVERNE HIS SUBJECTIS BE THE QUHILK HIS SUBJECTIS SALL
ALL OBEY TILL HIM FERMELY IN GUDE MANER AND TRAISTLY.
FOR RYCHT AS REALMES ARE DESTROYIT AND HERYIT THROU
REBELLIOUN AND DISOBEYSAUNCE OF SUBJECTIS RYCHT SA AR
THAI MAID RICHE AND HALDIN AT HONOUR AND WORSCHIP
THROU OBEDIENCE AND THAT IS HONOUR TO THE PRINCE.
AND THAT MAKIS HIM TILL HAVE DURABLE LORDSCHIP AND
LESTAND REGNE THAI TILL OBEYE TO THAIR SOVERANE AND HE
TO GOVERNE THAME IN JUSTICE LUFE AND LEAUTEE. ANE OTHER
<L 20> THING IS THAT A PRINCE SULD SPEND HIS GUDIS WISELY ANDE
PRUDENTLY AND DISPEND AND GEVE HIS GIFTIS WISELY WITH
DISCRECIOUN AND PRUDENCE, AND LARGELY BATHE GEVE AND
SPEND AS EFFERIS TILL HIS ESTATE, CONSIDERAND TYME PLACE
AND PERSONIS AND EFTER AS CAUS AND SERVICE REQUERIS
TILL EVERY PERSON BLYTHELY. THE THRID THING THAT THE
PRINCE SULD EVER BE OCCUPYIT WITH GUDE WERKIS AND
EXHORT AND CHARGE HIS PEPLE TO DO RYCHT SA, AND THAT
HIS DEDE GEVE THAME ENSAMPLE TO DE WELE. AND
THIS IS THE PRINCIPALE POYNT OF THIR FORESAID BRANCHIS.
FOR QUHY THE LORDIS AR BEHALDYN TO DO JUSTICE AND
EQUITEE BE EQUALITEE OF RESOUN BETUIX HIM AND HIS
SUBJECTIS. ALSSUA OF THAIR POSSESSIOUNIS AND OF THAIR
GUDIS AND PAYING OF DEVOYRIS THE SAID SUBJECTIS SULD
BE LELE TO THAIR LORDIS AND KEPE THAIR GUDIS LELELY AND
TREULY FOR IN FAULT OF LAWFULL AIRIS THE LORD AW TO BE
AIRE TILL HIS SUBJECTIS AND SUCCESSOURE TO THAME OF ALL
THE GUDIS THAT GOD SENDIS OF QUHILK GUDIS HE GYFIS <L 37>
<P 80>
<L 1> HABUNDAUNCE TO WYS MEN THAT HAS KNAULAGE OF HIM
AND JUSTICE AND OF VERITEE FOR BUT HIM MAY NA GUDE
BE DONE.
THE FIRST CHAPITER IS HOW THARE IS FOUR MANERIS
OF KINGIS.
(MARG) PRIMUM CAPITULUM 2MQ TAMEN IN TABULA (END OF MARG)
<L 6> HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW THARE
IS FOUR MANERIS OF KINGIS CONDICIOUNIS. ALEXANDER FAIR
SONE THOU SULD UNDERSTAND THAT THARE IS FOUR MANERIS
OF KINGIS QUHILKIS AR KNAWIN BE THAIR CONDICIOUNIS. THE
FYRST IS LARGE BATHE TILL HIM SELF AND TILL HIS SUBJECTIS, ANE
OTHIR IS BATHE WRECHIT TILL HIM SELF AND TILL HIS SUBJECTIS.
THE THRID IS LARGE TILL HIM SELF AND WRECHIT TILL HIS
SUBJECTIS. THE FERDE IS WRECHIT TILL HIMSELF AND LARGE TILL
HIS SUBJECTIS OFF THE QUHILKIS MANERIES OF KINGIS THAT
ARE HERE NAMYIT THARE IS FOUR MANERIS OF PEPLE OF DIVERS
OPYNIOUNIS. THE FIRST, THE PEPLE OF ITALY SAIS THAT IT
IS NA VICE IN A KING TO BE NAROW TILL HIMSELF AND LARGE
TO HIS SUBJECTIS FOR THAN SALL HIS REALME AY BE RICHE
BUT THE PEPLE OF INDE SAIS THAT A KING SULD BE BATHE
NAROWE TILL HIM SELF AND NAROW TILL HIS SUBJECTIS. AND
<L 21> THE PEPLE OF PERSS SAIS THAT A KING IS NOCHT WORTH,
BOT GIF HE BE BATHE LARGE TILL HIM SELF AND LARGE TILL
HIS SUBJECTIS AND I HALD THAT THE WERST AND MAIST
UNWORTHY KING OF THE WARLD IS HE THAT IS LARGE TILL HIM
SELF AND WRECHIT NAROW TILL HIS SUBJECTIS. FOR THAN SALL
BATHE HIMSELF AND HIS REALM BE EVERMARE BATHE PURE,
FOR QUHAT RICHESS THAT EVER HE HAVE, AND HIS LAND BE
PURE HE IS NEVER RICHE FOR THAN GAIS SINGULERE PROUFFIT
BEFORE THE COMMOUN PROUFFIT. AND SYK A KYNG MAY
NOCHT LANG LEST NA HAVE HONOURABLE ENDING NA DURABILITEE
AND THAREFORE TO THIS PURPOSE MON WE FIRST
INQUERE QUHAT THING IS LARGESS FOR MEKLE GUDE IS
<L 33> SAID OF IT AND MEKLE SOROWE CUMIS OF WRECHIT AVARICE
<P 81>
<L 1> AND WRANGWIS COVATIS THE QUHILK IS CONTRARY AND
INIMY TO LARGESS. AND TO THAT WE SULD FIRST UNDERSTAND
THAT IN ALDE TYMIS AMANG WYSE MEN THE MYDLYN
WAY WAS AY SOUCHT TO BE HALDIN BUT REPRUF. AND AS
TO LARGESS, QUHILK IS THE MYDDIS BETWIX PRODIGALITEE AND
AVARICE IS GUDE TO BE HALDYN. AND THE TRANSGRESSIOUN
AND EXCESS THAREOF IS EITHER TO BE DONE, FOR IT IS LESSE
MAISTRY TO BE WRECHIT GREDY AND FAST HALDAND OR TO
BE FULE LARGE AND PRODIGAL NA TO BE WYSE LIBERALE AND
LARGE THE QUHILK LIBERALITEE IS CALLIT RESOUNABLE LARGESS,
THAT IS THE MIDLYN WAY BETWIX THE TWA OF FULE LARGESS
AND AVARICE AND THARFORE ALEXANDER AND THOU WILL
CUM TO THE ACQUISICIOUN OF THE VERTEWE OF LARGESSE,
THOU MON HAVE EYE TO THRE THINGIS THAT IS FOR TO
SAY THOU MON HAVE EYE TO THYNE AWIN POWER AND
SYNE TO THE NECESSITEE THAT THAI HAVE THAT THOU DELIS
WITH AND THAT MYSTER HAS OF THE, AND THE THRID,
THE MERIT AND THE DESERT THAT IS THE CAUS OF GUDE
SERVICE OR EVILL SERVICE OF THY PEPLE THAT THOU HAS ADO
<L 20> WITHE. AND TAK WITH THE THE MESURE OF TEMPERAUNCE
EFTER THY POWER AND CONSIDERAND BE DISCRECIOUN ALL
THIR THINGIS BEFORE  NAMYT AND NAMELY THAT THOU GEVE
OUTHIR THY GIFTIS TO THAME THAT NEDEFULL AR AND MISTERFULL
GUDELY FOLK OR TO THAME THAT HAS WELE DESSERVIT
IT TO THE. AND HE THAT GEVIS TILL OTHERIS MISDOIS
AND BRYSSIS THE REUGLE OF LARGESS FOR GIFT GEVYN TO
THAME THAT NA MYSTER HAS REQUIRIS NOCHT THANK NA
LOVING OF VERTEWE OR TO GEVE TILL UNWORTHY FOLK THAT
ARE NOCHT WORTHY TO BE GIVING TILL OR THAT HAS NO MANER
SERVICE THAREFORE HE TYMIS THAT GIFT. AND HE THAT GEVIS
ATOUR HIS POWER TYNIS HIS RICHESS AND HERYIS HIMSELF
AND PUTTIS HIM TILL A BITTER NEDEFULL DESTRESS OF POVERTIE
THAT BRINGIS HIM TO MEKLE DISHONOUR FOR GRETE SCHAME
IS IN KING OR PRINCE TO BE PORE AND NEDEBEGANE.AND
HE MAY BE LIKNYT TILL A MAN THAT GEVIS HIM SELF UP
COWARTLY IN THE HANDIS OF HIS FAIS AND MAKIS HIM
SUBJECT QUHARE HIM NEDIT NOCHT TILL HIS ALDE INYMYES. <L 37>
<P 82>
<L 1> BOT THE PRINCE OR LORD THAT TAKIS GUDE TENT HOW QUHARE
AND QUHAT HE GEVIS AND TO QUHAM AND FOR QUHAT CAUSS
AND HOW MEKLE CONSIDERAND BE HIS WITT AND DISCRECIOUN
OF TEMPERAUNCE QUHEN AND QUHARE QUHAT AND HOW TO
QUHAM AND QUHY AND DO NATHING BUT GUDE CAUSS AND
RESOUN THAT IS A WORTHY PRINCE. BOT HERE CUMMIS
THAN THE DISCRECIOUN OF TEMPERAUNCE TO MESURE THIR
GIFTIS THAT HE DESCEND NOCHT FOR COVATIS AND AVARICE
OUR LAWE NA THAT FOR VANE GLORE HE PASSE NOCHT TILL
EXCEDE OUR HYE. BOT EVIN PAISS THE BALAUNCE IN THE
MIDWAY BE HIS WITT DISCRECIOUN AND PRUDENCE AND THAT
IS LIBERALITEE AND LARGESS HONORABLE AND VERTUOUS. AND
THAN SALL HIS SUBJECTIS LUFE HIM AND LOFE HIM HONOURE
HIM AND DOUT HIM AS NOBLE AND WORTHY PRINCE. AND
THUS SHALL HIS REGNE AND DOMINACIOUN BE LANG DURABLE.
AND BE A PRINCE FULE LARGE AND GEVE TILL ANE AND OTHIR
FOR LYCHTNESS OR FOR VANE GLORIE OR FOR OTHIR VICIOUS AND
LUSTY DELYTIS DESTROYAND HIS AWIN GUDIS UNWORTHILY HIM
BEHUFIS SYNE QUHEN HE WANTIS TAK OF HIS SUBJECTES
AND THUS WILL HE HERY AND DESTROY BATHE HIM SELF AND
<L 21> HIS PEPLE. AND QUHEN BATHE HE AND HIS REALME IS
PURE, THAN IS HE DISHONOURIT HIS LAND IS HERYIT JUSTICE
FAILIS ALL REVERYIS BEGINNIS. AND THUS AR REALMES THROU
WRECHIT PRINCIS DESTROYIT, FOR QUHA MAY BETTER DESTROY
AND PUT DOUNE A REALME NA HE THAT ALL STERIS AND
MISGOVERNIS. AND THUS IS HE NOCHT WORTHY TO BE A
KING THAT THUS GOVERNIS. AND THIS IS CALLIT VICE OF
PRODIGALITEE THAT IS FULE LARGESS, THROU THE QUHILK ALL
PROVISIOUN AND GUDE POLICY IS FLEMYT THE REALME. ITEM
ANE OTHER VICE THAT IS CONTRAIR TO THIS IS CALLIT AVARICE
THE QUHILK IS A THING MEKLE AGAINIS KINGIS RYALTEE
AND MAJESTEE AND BRINGIS MONY INCONVENIENCES ON
HAND THE QUHILKIS QUHEN A KING HAS THAT INCLINACIOUN,
IT BRINGIS IN SA MONY INCONVENIENTES THAT ALL THE REALME
AND THE PRINCE IS PUT IN SYK MISGOVERNAUNCE THAT ALL
GUDE POLICY IS PERVERTIT FOR WRECHIDNESS AND NEDEFULNES,
<L 37> AS IT WAS OF BEFORE FOR FULE LARGESS. AND THARFORE SULD
<P 83>
<L 1> ALL GUDE KINGIS AND PRINCIS THAT KNAWIS THAIR FAULTIS
IN THAME, THAI SULD GER CHES UP MEN OF GRETE WYSDOME
AND GOVERNAUNCE THE QUHILKIS SULD GOVERNE THE PRINCIS
GUDIS AND RENTIS AND OTHER PROUFFITIS OF HIS REALME WITH
GRETE PROVIDENCE DILIGENCE AND GRETE WYSDOME AND
PRUDENCE THAT THARE WAR NA FAULT FOUNDYN IN THE KINGIS
HONOURE NOR NA WANT NA LAK OF SYK THING AS TO THE
MAJESTEE RYALL SULD PERTENE. SA THAT THE KING MELLIT
HIM NOCHT THARWITH TO HAVE NA LAK THAROF.
HOW AVARICE AND FULL LARGESS SULD BE ESCHEWIT
IN A KING
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR ARESTOTIL ZIT MARE
(MARG) ( SECUNDUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 13> OF THIS ILKE MATER OF AVARICE AND FULE LARGESS TO BE
ESCHEWIT IN PRINCIS. ALEXANDER FAIR SONE TRAIST FERMELY
THAT QUHAT EVER KING THAT SPREDIS HIS TAYLE OR EXTENDIS
HIS WENGIS OF HIS DIVISIOUN FERRAR NA HIS RENTIS AND
PROUFFITIS OF HIS REALME MAY STREKE HE IS NOCHT WYS
FOR HE DESTROYIS HIS REALME AND HIMSELF BATHE, AND
ALSSUA HE THAT IS OUR AVARICIOUS DESTROYIS AND WASTIS
<L 20> HIS REALM SUPPOSE HE GADER GOLD. AND THARFORE I SAY
THAT TO FLEE BAITHE THIR FAULTIS AND PUT REMEDE OF GUDE
GOVERNAUNCE AGANIS THIR VICIS, HE IS WORTHY TO HAVE
THE HONOUR OF LARGESS, AND THE GLORE OF GUDE GOVERNAUNCE
AND OF PERDURABLE DOMINACIOUN AND SEIGNOURYE
AND MEKLE LUFE AND HONOURE ACQUIRIS HE THAT REFREYNIS
HIS HANDIS FRA WRANGWIS RAVYSING OF HIS SUBJECTIS GUDIS.
AND TO THAT SAIS HERMOGINES IN HIS BUKIS THAT QUHEN A
KING ABSTEYNIS HIM TO TAK THE FYNAUNCE AND THE RICHESS
OF HIS PEPLE FRA THAME THAT IS A TAKYN THAT THAT KING
IS FULL OF VERTU OF JUSTICE AND GRETE BOUNTEE AND CUMYS
OF HYE PERFECTIOUN AND OF WISDOME. AND AS OF SYK
PERILIS TO ESCHEWE IS TALDE ANE EXAMPLE HOW A COVATOUS
KING WAS NOCHT CONTENT OF HIS AWIN PROPRE GUIDIS AND <L 33>
<P 84>
<L 1> RENTIS BOT HE STREKIT HIS HANDIS TILL HIS SUBJECTIS GUDIS
HALELY AND TUKE AY AT HIS NEDE OF QUHILK ALL HIS PEPLE
WAS DESTROYIT AND PUT TO POVERTEE. AND TO THE CONDICIOUNIS
OF THAT PRINCE MONY OTHIR PRINCIS DID IN THE
SAMYN WIS  FOR THE QUHILK CRUELTEE THE PEPLE CRYIT TO
GOD AND ASKIT VENGEAUNCE OF THAIR OPPRESSIOUN, QUHILK
ASKIS VENGEAUNCE IN IT SELF FOR CRUELTEE AND THARE
COME OF THE HEVYN A BIRNAND HATE WYND QUHILK TUKE
SYK A VENGEAUNCE OF ALL THAI PRINCIS WITH THAIR ANERDARIS
THAT NEVER ANE WAS LEFT ON LYVE. AND THARFORE SULD
PRINCIS HAVE GRETE DREDE TO TAK WRANGWIS EXTORSIOUNS
OF THAIR SUBJECTIS FOR THAN TAK THAI THAIR LYVIS. FOR
MEN MAY WELE CONSIDER THAT THE WARLDIS GUDIS HALDIS
THE SAULE LANG IN THE BODY AND GERIS THE LYF LEST
LANGER IN THAME THAT HAS HABUNDAUNCE OF GUDIS NA
IN THAME THAT HAS WAUNT FOR THE GUDIS ARE ANE OF
THE PARTIS OF THE MANNIS LYF FOR AND THE GUDIS BE
AWAY THE LYFING IS AWAY AND QUHEN THE LYFING IS
AWAY THE SAULE LESTIS NOCHT LANG IN THE BODY. AND
<L 20> SA AR THE GUDIS THE CAUS OF THE DURABILITEE OF THE
MANNIS LYF IN HIS BODY AND THARFORE SULD MEN WELE
AND WISELY KEPE THAIR GUDIS AND TEMPRE THAIR GIFTIS AND
MESURE THAIR DISPENS THAT THAI BE NOCHT SA OUTRAGEUS
THAT FULE LARGESS MAK THAME TO WAUNT FOR THARE IS
NATHING THAT MAKIS MARE THE PRINCIS TYRRANIS NA DOIS
FULE LARGESSE, AND OUTRAGEUS DISPENS BUT MESURE THAT
EXCEDIS THE QUANTITEE OF THAIR RENTIS AND POSSESSIOUNIS.
FOR QUHEN THAI HAVE WASTIT THAIR GUDIS IN SYK SUPERFLUITEIS
THAN WILL THAI HAVE IT QUHARE EVER IT BE GOTTYN
NA SETTIS NOCHT QUHAT CHARGE FOLLOWE NA HOW IT BE TANE
NA CONQUEST. AND THE GRETE MYNDE THAT THAI HAVE
THARON GERRIS THAME LETT TO SEKE THE SECRETIS OF GOD
AND OF HIS OBSERVAUNCE HEVYNLY. AND THE SUBSTAUNCE
OF LARGESSE IS TO NOCHT REMEMBER APON THE GYFTIS GEVIN
NA TO ENQUERE OF THE SECRETE NECESSITEIS OF THAME THAT
THAI AR GEVIN TILL QUHEN THAI AR COVERIT AND GIFTIS
<L 37> SA GEVIN IN TYME OF NECESSITEE TO WORTHY PERSONIS
<P 85>
<L 1>AR VERTUOUS AND HONOURABLE AND ALSSUA TO GEVE TO
THAME THAT WELE HAVE DESERVIT IT. BOT IT IS INJURE
DONE TO LARGESSE TILL GEVE TILL A VILLAINE PERSONE UNWORTHY
ONY REWARDIS BOT HONOUR AND REWARDE SULD
BE AY GEVIN TO WORTHY PERSONIS AND TO EXTOLLE FOLK
THAT AR WORTHY TO HYE HONOURIS THAT IS THE HONOURE
OF PRINCIS. TO HELP THAME THAT BERIS THE GRETE CHARGIS
OF HIS SERVICE AND THE NEDEFULL DEFENS OF HIS CONTREE
REWARD COURTASLY THE COURTASY THAT IS MAID TILL HIM
IS GRETE HONOUR TO PRINCIS AND NOBLIS AND TO KEPE
HYM TO DO OR SAY INJURE OR VILANY TILL ONY PERSONE
OUTHIR IN WORD OR IN DEDE DISSYMUL AND DEFER INJURE
QUHILL ANE OTHIR TYME, SCHAWAND AS THAN QUHEN NA
TYME IS OF REDRESSE THAT IS DISPLESIS NOCHT GRETELY
FLEE FRA ALL FOLYIS AND IGNORAUNCE AND FOLLOW AND SEKE
TO WISDOM. AND THUS BE THIR LYTILL THINGIS THAT I
HAVE SAID AND SALL SAY, I TRAIST THOU MAY COME TO
GUDE KNAULAGE AND HABONNDAUNCE OF CHARITEE AND OF
WISDOME TO GOVERNE THY WERKIS AND LEDE THE THE
<L 20> RYCHT WAYES OF SUFFICIANCE OF CONDUYTE TO LEDE THE
FOR ALL THY LYF DAYES. AND THAREFORE HERE I WILL TOUCH
TO SUM PART OF POYNTIS OF COMPENDIOUS THINGIS OF
PHILOSOPHY ABREGIT TO HELP TO STERE THY PEPLE AND THY
PERSONE IN WAY OF GOVERNAUNCE THAT MAY SUFFICE IN
MYN ABSENCE, HOW THAT ALL PRINCIS SULD LABOURE AND
TRAVAILE HERE TO GET AND WYN GUDE RENOUN ATOUR ALL
THING.
HOW PRINCIS AND KINGIS SULD SETT THAME FOR
GUDE RENOUN HERE.
HERE DECLARIS THE DOCTOUR THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOURE
(MARG) ( TERTIUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 31> ARESTOTIL HOW ALL PRINCIS SULD SETT ALL THAIR BESY CURE,
AND TRAVAIL THAM TO WYN HONOUR AND GUDE RENOUN IN
THIS WARLD SAYAND TILL ALEXANDER IN THIS MANER ALEXANDER
<P 86>
<L 1> FAIR SONE TRAIST WELE THAT THE MANNIS WIT AND HIS
UNDERSTANDING IS THE KEPARE OF VIRTUES AND THE SPYARE
OUT OF VICIS AND IT IS THE CHEIFF AND PRINCIPALE POYNT
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SAULE FOR BE THE WIT ANDE
UNDERSTANDING THE MAN CHESIS THE GUDE FRA THE EVILL
AND THARFOR IS THE WITT AND THE UNDERSTANDING THE
NURISARE OF VIRTUES AND FONTAYN AND RUTE OF ALL GUDIS
THAT ARE LOVABLE RESONABLE AND HONORABLE. AND OF ALL
THING THE FYRST WIT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAN IS TO
DESYRE GUDE RENOUNE THE QUHILK CUMMYS MEKLE OF GUDE
COUNSAILE. AND WIT THOU BUT DOUBT THAT QUHASA DESYRIS
GUDE COUNSAILE BUT FAYNTIS IN LAUTEE HE SALL HAVE IT.
AND HE THAT DESYRIS GUDE RENOUNE BUT CAUSS COVERITLY
AND FEYNYTLY IT SAL BE AT THE LAST CONFOUNDIT BE ANE
EVILL RENOUNE AT THE CONCLUSION.  AND THARFORE TRAIST
WELE THAT GUDE RENOUNE ALSET IT WAR FOR HIM SELF, NOCHT
IN HOPE THAT BETTER THROU IT SULDE CUM, ZIT IS IT MAIST
TO BE DESYRIT OF ALL PRINCIS. BOT FOR TO SEKE AND GET
GUDE RENOUNE AND GUDE FAME HE MON BEGYN AT GUDE
<L 20> WITT AND GUDE UNDERSTANDING OF RESOUN THAT IS CALLIT
WISEDOME. AND WISEDOME IS THE BEGYNNYNG OF ALL
GUDE GOVERNMENT AND GUDE RENOUNE AND GUDE FAME
IS THE BEGYNNYNG OF WISEDOME AND OF UNDERSTANDING
OF GUDE WIT. AND QUHEN ONY MAN DESYRIS IT OR HE
MAK GUDE CAUSE BEFORE OR IT CUM BE RESOUN THAT IS
NA ACQUISICIOUN OF GUDE NAME NA GUDE FAME BOT IT IS
A PREPARATOR TILL ENVYE AND DESPYTE THAT IS ENGENDRIT
BE LESYNGIS THE QUHILKIS AR RUTE OF ALL EVILLIS AND
MATER OF ALL VICIS FOR ENVYE ENGENDERIS DETRACTIOUN
DETRACTIOUN THAT IS CALLIT BACKBYTING ENGENDERIS HATERENT
HATERENT ENGENDERIS INJURIS INJURIS ENGENDERIS
REBELLIOUN REBELLIOUN ENGENDERIS INYMITEE INYMITEE
MAKIS WERIS AND SLAUCHTERIS WERIS AND SLAUCHTERIS
ENGENDERIS MORTALE BATAILLIS MORTALL BATAILLIS ARE CAUS
OF DESTRUCTIOUN OF REALMES AND CITEIS, DESTRUCTIOUN OF
REALMES AND CITEIS IS CAUS OF DESTRUCTIOUN OF THE LAWIS
BATHE OF NATURE AND OF MAN DESTRUCTIOUN OF THE LAWIS <L 37>
<P 87>
<L 1> IS DESTRUCTIOUN OF MANKYNDE. AND THUS QUHEN REALMES
AND CITEIS AND LAWIS AND MAN AR DESTROYIT THE ROYALE
MAGESTEE OF PRINCIS IS BOT LYTILL WORTH. AND THUS SULD
PRINCIS PRES THAME FIRST TO WYN GUDE NAME AND TILL
ESCHEW ALL THIR VICIS FORESAID GIF THAI THINK TO CUM
TILL HONOUR OF GUDE RENOUNE. FOR THE DESIRE THAT THAI
SALL HAVE TILL CONQUEST GUDE FAME AND RENOUN MON ON
NEDE FORCE GER THAME SETT THAIR HERTIS THAIR WITTIS AND
ALL THAIR STUDY TO WELE JUGE EFTER VERITEE AND LAUTEE
THE QUHILK IS RUTE AND GROUND OF ALL GUDE VERTUES AND
GUDE GRACIS BRINGIS WITH IT ALL MANER OF OTHER GUDIS
AND IT IS VIRRAY CONTRAIR TILL ALL VICIS FOR IT IS THE
BEGYNNYNG THAT ENGENDERIS GUDE WILL TO DO JUSTICE AND
RESOUN TILL EVERY MAN. JUSTICE ENGENDERIS CONSCIENCE
AND FIDELITEE THAT IS TRAISTNES OF LAUTEE CONSCIENCE
ENGENDERIS LARGESS, LARGESS ENGENDERIS FAMILIARITEE
FAMILIARITEE ENGENDERIS FRENDSCHIP FRIENDSCHIP THAT IS
GUDE LUFE GUDE LUFE ENGENDERIS GUDE COUNSALE CONFOURT
AND HELP TO KEPE THE LAWIS. AND QUHEN THE
<L 20> LAWIS AR KEPIT ALL GUDE VERTUES HABOUNDIS BATHE OF
RESOUN AND OF NATURE. AND THUS APPERIS THAT ALL
GUDE GOVERNAUNCE SULDE FOLOW EFTER OF PRINCIS AND
PEPLE AND ALL VERTUES AND POLICY SULD REGNE AND HAVE
DOMINACIOUN AND ALL RICHESSIS SULD HABOUND REALMES
SULD PEPLE AND ALL THING CUM TO GUDE PROSPERITEE.
AND THUS GOD SULD BE HONOURIT AND MEN LYVE IN PES
AND REST AND ALL GA WELE. QUHAREFORE WE CONCLUDE THAT
THE DESIRE OF ACQUISICIOUN OF GUDE RENOUNE AND GUDE
FAME IN LAUTEE AND SUTHEFASTNES IS THE ENTREE AND
BEGYNNYNG OF ALL GUDE GOVERNAUNCE TO THE QUHILK ALL
LORDIS AND PRINCIS SULD PRES ATOUR ALL THING IN THAIR
BEGYNNYNG. FOR THE RENOUNE THAT THAI GET FIRST IN
THAIRE BEGYNNYNG IS EVER FULL HARD TO GET AWAY, QUHILL
THAI LYVE IN THIS WARLDE ITEM A GUDE RENOUNE AND
<L 35> GUDE FAME IS EVERLESTAND PERPETUALLY FOR EVER.
<P 88>
<L 1> HOW THAI SULD ESCHEW ALL OUTRAGES, CARNALL
LUSTIS AND APPETITIS
(MARG) ( QUARTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 3> HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW ALL PRINCIS
AND LORDIS SULD ESCHEW AT ALL ALL LUSTIS OF OUTRAGEOUS
CARNALE APPETITIS SAYAND THUS O ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE
ATOUR ALL THING THOU SULD SETT THE FAST TO FLEE AND ESCHEW
ALL CARNALE CONCUPISCENCE OUTRAGEOUS WITH THE EFFORCEMENTIS
COGITATIOUNIS AND OCCASIOUNIS THAT ENTYCIS MEN
THARETO THE QUHILKIS AR CALLIT BESTIALE APPETITIS AND FOR
THE LUSTIS AR CORRUMPABLE AND THE CHARGE PERDURABLE.
AND THAT THE CARNALE DESYRE AND LUST BE CORRUMPABLE IT
APPEIRIS FOR IT ENCLYNIS THE MANNIS CURAGE TILL ANE EVILL
WILL THE QUHILK LESTIS NOCHT LANG BOT IS CORRUPTIBLE AND
CORRUMPIS AND DESTURNIS THE MANIS INCLYNACIOUNIS FRA
GUDE PURPOSE TILL ALL EVILL DELECTACIOUNIS THE QUHILKIS
ENGENDERIS A CARNAL AFFECTIOUN THE QUHILK CARNALE AFFECTIOUN
ENGENDERIS AVARICE OF GUDIS AND DESYRE OF RICHESS
THE QUHILK DESYRE OF RICHESS GERRIS A MAN HAVE SYK ANE
ARDENT WILL TO WYN GUDIS TO CONTYNUE HIS LUSTIS THAT HE
SETTIS HIM FOR UNRYCHTWYS CONQUESTIS AND ACQUISICIOUN
<L 21> OF OTHIR MENNIS GUDIS BOT ONY DREDE OF SCHAME THARFORE.
AND SYK COVATISS SETTIS A MANNIS MYNDE FOR DECEPCIOUNIS
AND FALS CAVILLACIOUNIS TO WYN WARLDIS GUDIS THE
QUHILK CONFERMYS HIM IN SYK A PRESUMPCIOUN QUHILK
ENGENDERIS INFIDELITEE MYSTRAISTNES AND UNLAUTEE AND UNLAUTEE
ENGENDERIS OUTHIR REF, STOUTH, PILLERY OR RUBBERY,
OF THE QUHILKIS THARE CUMYS BLASPHEMACIOUN THE QUHILK
BRINGIS DISHONOUR.  AND THUS CUMMYS OTHIR WRECHITNES
OF UNWORTHY LYFING QUHILK LEDIS THE MAN TILL HIS DESTRUCTIOUN
OF ALL FAMILIARITEE LUFERENT AND FRENDSCHIP OF ALL
HIS FRENDIS AND PUT FRA ALL GUDE WERKIS AND ENCLYNIS
HIM TILL ALL EVILLIS AND LEDIS HIM TILL A DESPAIRE THAT
IS CONTRAIRE TO NATURE AND GUDE FAYTH AND TO ALL GUID
<L 34> GOVERNAUNCE ( ETC )
<P 89>
<L 1> QUHAT KYNDE OF SAPIENCE EFFEIRIS TO KINGIS PRINCIS
AND GRETE LORDIS
HERE DECLARIS THE DOCTOURE QUHAT KYNDE OF SAPIENCE
(MARG) ( QUINTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 4> EFFERIS TO GRETE PRINCIS AND GRETE LORDIS TILL HAVE. HERE
SAYIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR ARESTOTLE THAT IT EFFERIS TO
GRETE PRINCIS AND GRETE LORDIS THAT THAIR GUDE RENOUNE
BE WYDE SAWIN AND PUBLIST OUR ALL REALMES AND QUHARE
THEY ARE KNAWIN SA THAT THAI BE LOVIT AND PRISIT WITH
ALL MEN TO BE OF HYE WITT AND OF GRETE SAPIENCE. AND
SYNE THAT HE SPEKE WELE AVISITLY TILL HIS AWIN PEPLE
SPECIALY AND SYNE TILL ALL OTHERIS. AND THUS SALL HE BE
BATHE LUFIT LOVIT AND DOUBTIT FOR AND THE CONTRARY
BE IN A GRETE LORD MEN MAY SONE BE TAKENIS KNAWE
QUHETHIR HE BE WYSE OR UNWISE BE THE FERIS TAKENIS
AND GESTIS OF HIS PERSONE. AND FIRST AND FORMAST
QUHATSUMEVER KING THAT PUTTIS HIM AND HIS REALME TO
THE SUBMISSIOUN OF COUNSALE AND GOVERNAUNCE OF THE
LAWIS OF GOD THAT IS A WORTHY KING AND IS TAILLYD TILL
HAVE LESTAND AND HONOURABLE SEIGNOURY OF HIS REALME.
<L 20> AND QUHATEVIR HE BE THAT DOIS THE CONTRARY BOT HALDIS
AT UNDER THE LAWIS OF GOD AND NATURE QUHILKIS AR FOUNDIT
APON VERTU AND VERITEE AND IS TRANSGRESSOUR OF THE COMMANDMENTIS
OF GOD AND OF VERITEE AND LAUTEE AND DESPISOUR
OF THE FAITH AND OF HIS LAWE SIK LORD IS MYSLUFIT
AND MISPRISIT WITH ALL MEN AND CONDAMPNYT BE THE
LAWIS. AND THAREFORE SAIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR THAT
TILL A PRINCE EFFERIS FIRST THAT HE BE WELE AVISIT AND COUNSAILIT
IN KNAULAGE OF THE LAWIS OF GOD AND MAN AND
THAT THAT BE NOCHT IN VANITEE BOT IN WERK AND IN
VERITEE FOR VANITEE APPERIS WITHOUT A MAN THAT HE WAR
FAITHFULL AND FERME IN THE FAITHE AND WITHIN IN HIS HERT
HE IS FEYNYT AND VAYNGLORIOUS AND SYK MEN AR CALLIT
YPOCRITIS. BOT A TRAIST GUDE FAITHFULL LORD SCHAWIS IN
WERK ALS WELE AS IN WORD BATHE IN HIM SELF AND IN HIS <L 34>
<P 90>
<L 1> SUBJECTIS GERRAND ALL MEN BATHE IN GUDE ENSAMPLE
GEVING AND IN GUDE LYFING AND TO GER OTHIR BATHE LOVE
LOF SERVE AND HONOURE GOD AND DOUBT HIM TO DO OUCHT
THAT IS CONTRARIOUS TILL HIS FAYTH FOR QUHASA DOUBTIS
AND HONOURIS HIS GOD HE DOUBTIS LUFIS AND HONOURIS
HIS SOVERAINE LORD AND HIS NATURALE. QUHEN THAI PERSAVIS
AND KNAWIS THAT HE LUFIS DOUBTIS AND HONOURIS
GOD THAN WILL THAI BATHE LUFE DOUT AND HONOURE HIM.
AND THUS THROU GUDE ENSAMPLE IN DEDE NOCHT FEYNYT
OTHERIS AR MAID GUDE THAT PERAVENTURE WAR NOCHT SA
GUDE WAR NOCHT THE GUDE ENSAMPLE OF THE GUDELYNES
OF THAIR PRINCE OR NATURALE LORD. AND QUHEN THAIR
PRINCE OR NATURALE LORD IS FEYNIT IN HIS HERT AND MAKIS
HIM TO BE OF RELIGIOUS LYF BE APPERAUNCE IT SALL NOCHT
LANG LEST NA IT SAL BE KNAWIN OUTHIR IN WORD OR WERK SUM
TYME FOR PEPLE AR GOVERNYT BE THE HALY SPIRIT QUHILK
KNAWIS ALL THING. THAN SALL HE BE REPROVIT AT THE LAST
AND PUT TO PERPETUALE DEFAME AND NOCHT LATTYN OF AND
HIS PEPLE SALL NOCHT SETT BY HIM AND COUNT HIM BOT A
CONDAMPNYT MAN BE ALL GODDIS LAWIS AND THAN SULD
<L 21> HIS REGNE HAVE NA PROSPERITEE BOT AY HIS LORDSCHIP SULD
DOUNE GROW AND WANE AND HIS HONOURE ( ETC ) AND THUS
TO CONCLUDE IN THIS MATER THARE IS NA RICHESSE THAT MAY
BE COMPERIT TO GUDE FAME AND GUDE RENOUNE THE QUHILK
QUHEN A KING OR PRINCE HAS TYNT THROU MISGOVERNAUNCE
HE MAY NOCHT BY IT AGAYNE FOR NA RICHESSE. ITEM EFTER
THIS IT EFFERIS TILL A PRINCE OR A GRETE LORDE TO DO WORSCHIP
TILL HIS AWIN MEN AND SPECIALLY TO THAME THAT BERIS
OFFICE OF HIM AND NAMELY OFFICE OF EXECUCIOUN OF LAWE
AND TILL ALL MEN OF KIRK AND OF RELIGIOUN AND ALL WYSE
MEN AND MEN OF HONOURE TO UPHALDE THAIR HONOUR AND
PUT THAIM TO WORSCHIP FOR THAIR WORTHYNESSE TO GEVE
GUDE ENSAMPLE TILL OTHERIS TO WRAIST THAIR HERTIS AND
MAK GUDE DILIGENCE TO PUT THAME SELF TILL HONOUR OF
WYSEDOME AND GUDE GOVERNAUNCE. ITEM HE SULD OFT
<L 36> TYMES SPEKE WITH THAME THAT MOVIS AND ARGUES OF
<P 91>
<L 1> QUESTIONUIS DOUBTABLEZ TO DECLARE AND TECHE THE WAYES
OF VERTU VERITEE AND OF GUDE GOVERNAUNCE AND OF ALL
THING THAT HE SPERE NEVER OF DISHONEST THINGIS NA THAT
HE ANSUERE UNDISCRETELY NA UNGUDELY BOT HONOURABLY
AND EVER PUT HONOURE TO WISEDOME AND NOBLESSE. AND
TAK ALL OTHIR EFTIR THAIR DESERT ESTATE AND WORTHYNESSE
AND HATE AND GER PUNYSE ALL MYSDOARIS VICIOUS MEN
DISHONEST AND UNWORTHY FULIS. AND ALSSUA ALL GRETE
LORDIS AND PRINCIS SULD THINK ON AND HAVE GUDE MEMORIE
OF BATHE PERILIS AND PROUFFIT THAT IS TO CUM SA THAT
HE MAY BE THE BETTER PURVAYDE THARFORE AND IT BE
EVILL HE MAY SETT SYK REMEDE AS POSSIBLE IS TILL HIM,
AND GIF IT BE GUID HE MAY MEND THE DISPOSICIOUN
THAR OF. AND THUS IN ALL TYMES HE SULD BE AND GERR BE
DILIGENT FOR DILIGENCE PASSIS MANNIS WIT TO CONSIDER
THE GUDENESSE THARE OF, AND ALS IT AFFERIS TILL ALL GRETE
PRINCIS AND LORDIS TO BE EVER HAMELY AND DEBONAIR
QUHILK GENDERIS LUFE OF HIS SUBJECTIS AND NOCHT TO BE
HYELY NA IREFULL AND FULL OF MALE TALENT NA TILL HALD LANG
<L 20> HIS IRE NA HIS EVILL WILL GYF HE TREVISE AT HIS SUBJECTIS
THAT NANE EVILL COMMOCIOUN CUM BETUIX THAME AND HIM
TO BREK LUFERENT NA DISSEVER THAIRE FRENDSCHIP. BOT HE
SULD EVERMARE WITH WYSE DELIBERACIOUN WIRK AND EVIR
SETT HIS HERT AND THOCHT APOUN RESOUN AND WISELY IN ALL
THINGIS TO DISCERNE. FOR THE MAIST SOVERANE SAPIENCE
AND WYSEDOME IN A PRINCE OR IN A GRETE LORD TO GOVERNE
HIS AWIN PERSONE IN HONOURE AND VERTU WORTHILY. AND
QUHEN HE SEIS ONY GRETE PROUFFIT APPERAND OR GRETE
SCATHE GOVERNE THAT POYNT SA SEKERLY AND SA AVISYTLY
AND SA DISCRETLY IN HIM SELF AND BE HIS WORTHY COUNSAILOURIS
THAT HE BE NOCHT CALLIT OUR HASTY NA OUR
SUERE AND LEITHFULL NA OUR IMPIETOUS BOT ALL WITH
<L 33> SOBIRNESSE GUDELY.
<P 92>
<L 1> QUHAT KYN HABIT ANOURNEMENT AND CLETHIN THAI
SULD HAVE
(MARG) ( SEXTUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 3>HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR ARESTOTIL,
QUHAT CLETHING AND ANOURNEMENTIS OF HABYTIS THAT GRETE
LORDIS SULD HAVE AND HOW THAI SULD BERE THAME TO
THAIR SUBJECTIS AND THAIR SUBJECTIS TO THAME SAYAND
THUS TO ALEXANDER ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE IT EFFEIRIS TILL
MAGESTEE RYALE TO BE EVER STATELY CLED AND HONOURABLY
IN PRECIOUSE VESTEMENTIS AND IN FAIRE MANER GRATHIT.
AND THAT SULD BE ABONE ALL OTHERIS OF HIS SUBJECTIS
BATHE IN RICHESSE IN FASSONE AND IN FAIRENESSE AND
SULD EVER HAVE MAIST NOTABLE AND FAIREST AND RYCHEST
AND STRANGEAST AND BEST FASSOUND ANOURNEMENTIS SA
THAT HE SULD APPERE ABONE AND BEFORE ALL OTHERIS IN
KNAULAGE OF DIGNITEE SA THAT THROU THE NOBILITEE OF
HIM HIS ORNAMENTIS AND ESTATE ALL HIS CONTREE WAR
THE MARE PRISIT LOVIT LUFIT AND HONOURIT. BOT THAT
SULD NOCHT BE THAT THE REALME WERE WERRIT THARFORE.
AND SYNE THAT SYK REVERENCE AND HONOUR BE DIFFERRIT
TILL HIM AS EFFERIS TILL A KINGIS ESTATE. ITEM IT EFFERIS
<L 21>TILL A KING TO BE OF GUDE ELOQUENCE AND OF FAIR LANGAGE
WITH A HYE VOCE AND CHERE THAT HE MAY BE HIRD WITH
ALL HIS PEPLE IN TYME AND PLACE. AND THAT HIS SPECHE
BE AY FOUNDIT IN RESOUN AND IN GUDE FAITH FOR BATHE
IN COUNSALE AND PERLEMENT GENERALE AND IN BATAILL PLACE
IT EFFERIS WELE TO A PRINCE TO HAVE A HYE VOCE THAT HE
MAY BE HERD FERR OFF IN TYME AND PLACE FOR THARE IT
EFFERIS TILL A PRINCE TILL BATHE COMFOURT HIS MEN AND GEVE
THAME DOCUMENTIS AND TECHINGIS IN THING THAT TO THAME
IS NEDEFULL AND SPEDEFULL AS CAIS REQUIRIS. O ALEXANDER
THINK QUHAT PRECIOUSE VERTUE IS IN A KING TO SPEKE BOT
LYTILL AND WELE MESURIT LANGAGE BOT GIF THAT HE BE COMPELLIT
THARETO BE NECESSITEE FOR IT IS MARE GLORIOUS IN A
KING THAT FOR HIS NOBLE VERTUOUSE AND WYSE SPECHE HIS
FOLK DESYRE AND THRIST TO HERE HIM SPEKE FOR THE GRETE <L 35>
<P 93>
<L 1> PLESAUNCE THAT THAI SULD TAK THAROF NA THAT THAI WAR SA
IRKIT TO HERE OF HIS OUR LANG SPECHE AND MEKLE TRATLYNG
THAT THAI WAR ANYD THAROF AND TUKE NA PLESAUNCE THARIN
FOR THAN SULD NOCHT THE PEPLE DESYRE SAMEKLE NOUTHIR
TO HERE NA SE THAIR NATURALE LORDE. ITEM IT EFFERIS NOCHT
TILL A PRINCE AND NAMELY TILL A KING TO BE OUR FAMILIARE,
NA HAVE OUR MEKLE HANTYNG NA COMMUNICACIOUN WITH
HIS LAULY SUBJECTIS AND NAMELY OF VILLAINE NA DISPISAND
MEN THAT SANE WALD COPY HIS MANERIS AND FYND LAK TO
HIM IN HIS COMMUNICACIOUN AND SPEKE THAROF TILL OTHERIS
THAT WAR NOCHT SPEDEFULL FOR OUR MEKLE SYK HAMELYNES
ENGENDERIS LYCHTLINES AND VILIPENSIOUN OF PRINCIS AND
NURISIS AND ENGENDERIS DISPITE AND LESSE HONOUR AND
THARFORE THE PEPLE OF YNDE HAS A RYCHT NOBLE CUSTUME
AS BELANGAND THAIR KING FOR THAI ORDANYT THAT HE SULD
NEVER BE SENE BOT ANYS IN THE ZERE AND THAT SULDE BE
WELE ENARMYT AT ALL POYNTIS KINGLYKE IN COMPANY OF
MONY NOTABLE LORDIS AND PRINCIS KNYCHTIS AND SQUIERIS,
SYTTAND UPON ANE NOBLE COURSERE, RYCHT NOBLY IN KINGLY
<L 20> HABILLIAMENT. AND THARE SULD ALL HIS LORDIS AND ALL HIS
COUNSAILE AND ALL THE PEPLE THAT WALD CUM TO SE HIM
CUM AT THAIR AWIN PLESAUNCE TO SEE HIM BOT THAI SULD
NOCHT CUM NERE HIM BOT SE HIM ON FERR AND THARE
WAS ALL THE GRETE ACTIS AND POYNTIS OF THE REALME DETERMYNYT
THAT HAD BENE MISGOVERNYT IN THE ZERE BEFORE
AND THARE HE GERT SCHAW THE PEPLE THE GRETE CHARGIS
THAT HE HAD OF THAIR GOVERNAUNCE AND CONDUYTE AND
PROUFFIT OF THE REALME AND THARE HE GAFE GRETE GIFTIS
AND REWARDIS TO THAME THAT HAD BEST SERVIT HIM AND
DELYVERIT OUT ALL PRISONERIS THAT WAR TO BE DELYVERIT.
AND ALSA THARE GIF ONY GRACIS REMISSIOUNIS OR LEGITIMACIOUNIS
WAS TO BE DONE WAS SPED AND SYNE EFTER
THAN SPAK THE WIT AND THE COUNSAILE OF THE REALME
DAYLY OF THE NEDIS OF THE REALME AND OF THE KINGIS
WISEDOME AND SAPIENCE TILL HIS HONOURE LOVING AND
COMMENDACIOUN OF THAIR GOVERNAUNCE ZELDAND GRACIS
TO GOD THAT THAME HAD GEVIN SA GUDE WYSE AND NOBLE <L 37>
<P 94>
<L 1> KING TO BE THAIR LEDARE GOVERNOUR AND LAW KEPARE.
AND THAT HAD GEVYN THE PEPLE GRACE AND CURAGE TO
BE OBEYAND TILL HIM EXHORTAND THAME TO DO AY BETTER
AND BETTER IN TYME TO CUM TO THAIR KING AND TO BE
OBEYSAND AND MEKE AND DO AY HONOUR TO THAIR PRINCE
AND QUHEN THAI COME HAME INTO THAIR HOUSIS THEY
TALDE TO THAIR WYFIS AND THAIR BARNIS THE NOBLESSE WISEDOME
AND EXCELLENCE OF THE KING AND TECHIT THAIR
BARNIS RYCHT SA TO DO HIM HONOUR AND KEPE HIM OBEYSAUNCE
AND THUS WAS THE KINGIS HONOURIT AND THE
PEPLE CONTENT OF THAIR GOVERNAUNCE AND OF THAIR GUDE
CUSTUMES.
HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS SULD PUNISS MYSDOARIS
AND HONOUR GUDE MEN
(MARG) ( SEPTIMUM CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 15> HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW THAT
KINGIS AND PRINCIS SULD PUNYSE MYSDOARIS AND FAVOURE
AND FURTHIR HONOUR LUFE AND REWARDE ALL GUDE AND WYSE
FOLK MERCHANDIS AND LABOURARIS THAT LELELY WALD LYVE
ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE IT EFFERIS TO THE PRINCE TO PUNYSE
MYSDOARIS AND GER PUT ALL EVILL FOLK TO DEDE THAT DESERVIS
IT SA THAT EVERY MAN TAK ENSAMPLE OF THAME TO
<L 22> KEPE THAME FRA MISDEDIS AND ALSA IT EFFERIS TO THE
KING TO BYND TREWIS AND MAK SEURE PASSAGIS TO MERCHANDIS
AND TRAVAILLOURIS AND TO DISPENSE WITH THAME
AND DEFALK AND REBATE THAME SUMPART OF THAIR DEVOIRIS
THAT THAI AW TILL HIM OF HIS RYCHTIS AND HE SULD BE
RYCHT BESY TO GERR ALL CRAFTIS AND LABOURAGIS PUPLE IN
HIS REALME FOR THAT IS THE CAUSS QUHY THAT THE YNDIS
AR SA MYCHTY SA RYCHE AND SA PUBLYD FOR ALL MANER
OF MEN OF ALL PARTIES OF THE WARLD CUMMYS THARE FOR
TO BE THE BETTER AND THROU THAT THE CUSTUMES AND
KINGIS RENTIS AND PROUFFITIS GROWIS AND MULTIPLYIS MERVAILLOUSLY.
<L 33> AND THARFORE SULD ALL NOBLE PRINCIS KINGIS
<P 95>
<L 1> AND LORDIS NURIS MERCHANDIS AND LABOURARIS AND MEN
OF CRAFTIS FOR THAT IS THE RYCHING OF ALL REALMES AND
THAN BERE THAI THE PRINCIS NAME EVEN AS HERAULDIS
OUR ALL COUNTREIS OF THE WARLD QUHILKIS MAKIS PRINCIS
TO HAVE OUTHIR GUDE LOS AND HONOUR OR LAK AND DISHONOURE
EFTER THAIR DESERTIS. THROU THE QUHILK REPAIR
OF MERCHAUNDIS REALMIS AR PUPLIT AND RICHIT AND RYCHESS
IS MULTIPLYIT BATHE TO KING AND TO COMMOUN QUHAREFORE
ALL PRINCIS SULD TAK TENT THARTO AND EXAMPLE THARE EFTER.
HOW THAI SULD HAVE IN THAME JUSTICE AND EQUITEE
WITH MERCI
(MARG) (OCTAVUM CAPITULUM) (END OF MARG)
<L 12> HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW PRINCIS
AND KINGIS SULD BE FULL OF EQUITEE AND KEPE WELE
JUSTICE AND TO BE MERCIABLE ALSSUA IN THAIR EXECUCIOUN
OF JUSTICE AND FLEE ALL CARNALE DELYTIS ALEXANDER FAIRE
SONE I MAK THE EXHORTACIOUN FOR THE LUFE OF ALMYCHTY
GOD THAT THOU KEPE WELE JUSTICE AND SETT NOCHT THY
HERT ON NA THING THAT IS CORRUPTIBLE NA COVATE NOCHT
THINGIS TRANSITOIRIS THAT HAS NA DURABILITEE THAT THOU
<L 20> BEHUFIS EFTERWART LEVE BEHYND THE. AND SETT THY HERT
TO DESYRE THINGIS EVERLESTAND AND DURABLE AND INCOMPERABLE
TILL ONY ERDELY THING THAT IS THE IMMORTALL LYF
OF THE REALME PERDURABLE PERPETUALLY WITH DURABILITEE
GLORIOUS AND DRESS ALL THY MYNDE AND THY COGITACIOUNIS
EVERMARE TO DO WELE AND HALD THE EVER
STARK AND KINGLYKE IN THY GLORIOUSS REGNE AND ESCHEWE
AY THE CRUELL CONDICIOUNIS AND WAYIS OF THE LYOUN AND
OTHER BESTIS THAT THOU BE NOCHT MAID LUKE TO THAIM
AS CRUELL AND MYSFORTUNYT BOT BE AY MERCIFULL AND
PITOUS APON THAME THAT THOU HAS SUBIECTIOUN APON
AND VICTORY THINKAND AY APON HAFAND AY MYNDE APON
THE TYME THAT IS TO CUM AND THAT THARE MON BE ANYS
<L 33> A DAY OF COMPT AND REKYNING FOR ZIT WATE THOU
<P 96>
<L 1> NOCHT QUHAT TO MORNE WILL BRING THE FOR THARE
IS NA MAN IN ERDE THAT WATE HIS MORN FORTUNE AND
KEPE THE EVYN IN CONTYNUALE CURE EVER YLYKE OF THE
KEPING OF THY PERSONE AND OF THYNE HONOURIS THAT
THOU FULFILL NEVER ALL THY DESYRIS AND SPECIALLY OF METIS
AND DRINKIS THY LUSTIS AND IN COMMUNICACIOUN WITH
WOMEN NA IN LANG SLEPING. O FAIRE SUETE EMPEROURE
BE AY BESY TO SETT THY HERT FRA ALL INCLYNACIOUN OF
COMPANY OF WOMEN THE QUHILK IS BOT A NATURE BESTIALE
AND NAMELY A PROPRIETEE BELANGAND AND APPROPRIT TO
THE SWYNE AND THINK QUHAT PLESAUNCE IT SULD BE
TO THE THAT IT IN QUHILK THOU TAKIS THY PLESAUNCE AND
THY WARLDLY GLOIRE IS FALOW TO THE PORKIS AND TROW
ME WELE OF THIS THAT I SALL SAY TO THE THAT LECHERY IS
DESTRUCTIOUN OF THE BODY SCHORTYNG OF LYF CORRUPCIOUN
OF VERTUES TRANSGRESSIOUN OF LAWIS TYNSALE OF THE SAULE
AND THAREWITH ENGENDERIS IN A MAN WOMMANLY CONDICIOUNIS
AND INCLYNACIOUNIS FEMYNYNE AND FEBLIS THE
STRENTHIS AND LESSIS THE BEAUTEIS ( ETC )
QUHAT KYN PLESANCE DEDUYTIS AND RECREACIOUNS
PRINCIS SULD TAK
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<L 22> HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW KINGIS AND
PRINCIS SULD TAK THAIR RECREACIOUNIS AND DEDUYTIS AND
THAIR PLESAUNCIS QUHILKIS AR LEFFULL AND BUT REPRUF O
MAIST NOBILE EMPEROUR ALEXANDER IT EFFERIS WELE TILL
A PRINCE TO BE SERVIT WITH LELE SERVANDIS TILL HIS PRIVEE
AND HAMELY OFFICIS OF HIS SECRETIS WITH THE QUHILKIS HE
SULD TAK HIS RECREACIOUNIS AND THAI SULD BE THE
MAIST TRAIST THAT MYCHT BE FOUNDYN AND ALS HE SULD
OFT TYMIS HERE THE SOUNDIS AND MELODIOUS NOYS OF
DIVERS INSTRUMENTIS OF MUSYK. AND NAMELY QUHEN
HE WAR IN GRETE PENSEIS OF THOUCHTIS AND OF COGITACIOUNIS
DISPLESANT THAT GERRIS OFT TYMES A PRINCE CUM <L 33>
<P 97>
<L1> OUR FER IN MALANCOLYE THAT MAY HYNDER HIS HELE AND
HIS GROWTH FOR SYK MELODIOUS SOUNDIS OF MUSIK GERRIS
THE MANKYNDE TAK DELECTACIOUN NATURALE AND GERRIS HIS
SPIRITIS NATURALE REST FRA ALL VEXACIOUN OF MYNDE AND
ALL THOUCHTIS RYCHT SA RESTIS AND EVANYSCHIS FRA SYK
REMEMBRAUNCE AND ALL THE CORPS IS THE MARE STRENTHY
AND THARFORE GYF THOU WILL DELYTE THE IN SYK PLESAUNCES
BUT LAK THOU MAY USE THAME BETYMES AS MAY BE SENE
SPEDEFULL TO THY DISCRETIOUN BAT LUKE THAT THIS BE
DONE HONESTLY AND SECRETELY AND QUHEN THOU ART IN
SYK PLESAUNCE AND SOLACE ABSTENE THE FRA GRETE EXCESSE
OF DRINKING BOT LAT OTHERIS DO THAIR AWIN PLESAUNCE
AND FENZE THE TILL HAVE MAID SUM EXCESS THAT THOU MAY
MAK NA MARE AND GERR THAME TROW THOU DRINKIS QUHEN
THOU SALL MAK BOT MANER AND SA SALL THOU GERR OTHERIS
BE BLYTHE AND KEPE THY COUNTENAUNCE AND THY TEMPERAUNCE
FRA ALL EXCESSE AND THAN SALL THOU HERE THAME
IN THAIR BLITHENESS SPEKE AND MAK COLLACIOUN OF THINGIS
THAT THOU MAY TAK UNDERSTANDING OF THAIR SECRETIS AND
<L 20> THAI NOCHT OF THYNE BOT DO NOCHT THIS OFT BOT GIF IT
BE FOUR OR FIVE TYMIS IN THE ZERE AND THAN SULD
THOU HAVE SUM OF THY SPECIALE MEN THAT THOU TRAISTIS
MEKLE IN ABOUT THE IN THAT PLACE OF THY SECRETE AND
TRAIST FAMILIARIS THE QUHILKIS SULD REPORT TO THEE ALL
THING THAT IS DONE OR SAID OF THE IN ALL THE PERTIES OF
THY REALME AND QUHEN THOU ART AMANG THY BARONIS
DO AY MAIST HONORUR TO THE MAIST WYS AND WORTHY
PERSONIS AND GER ORDANE THAIR ESTATIS AND HALD THAME
THARE AT. AND GER SUMMOUND TO THY HALL TO METE
AND DRYNK ANE TODAY ANE OTHIR TO-MORNE AND SA
FURTH EVERILKANE EFTIR OTHIR AND LEVE NANE NA THOU
DO THAME HONOUR ILKANE IN THAIR DEGREIS AND HALD
TALKING AND COLLACIOUNE THAN WITH THAME AND THUS
SALL THAI LUFE THE AND THOU SALL KNAWE THE CONDICIOUNIS
AND THE WISEDOME OF EVERILKANE BE HIMSELF AND THUS
SALL ALL THE LORDIS AND NOBLIS OF THY REALME KNAWE THE
<L 37> WORTHYNESS AND THE WISEDOME OF THE AND THE LARGESSE
<P 98>
<L 1> OF THY CURAGE THAT BE EVER OPYN AND REDY TO MAK
THAME GUDE CHERE AND HAMELY TILL EVERILKANE IN THAIR
DEGREIS AND IN ALL THIS THOU SULD HAVE IN THE DISCRECIOUN
AND COUNTENAUNCE AND MESURE AND OF ALL
THIR KEPE THE THAT THOU LAUGH NEVER OUR HIELY AND
OUR OFT TYMIS FOR IT IS A THING RYCHT EVILL SITTAND IN
A PRINCE OR ONY PERSONE HONOURABLE AND TRAIST WELE
THAT MEKLE LAUCHTER GERRIS A PERSONE SONE SEME ALDE
AND LAKKIS REVERENCE AND HONOURIS AND ENGENDERIS
VILIPENSIOUN AND LICHTLYNES QUHEN IT EXCEDIS
HOW PUNICIOUN SULD BE MAID EFTIR THE CASS AND
STATE OF PERSONIS
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(MARG) FOL ( 111) (END OF MARG)
<L 13> HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW PRINCIS
SULDE MAK PUNYCIOUN OF MYSDOARIS EFTIR THE CASE AND
EFTIR THE STATE OF THE PERSONIS ALEXANDER MAIST HYE
AND MICHTY EMPEROUR THOU SULD WIT THAT ALL MEN
SULD HONOUR THAIR LORD OUR ALL OTHERIS AND NAMELY IN
HIS AWIN PROPRE COURT AND SA SULD THE LORD HONOUR HIS
NATURALE MEN IN HIS COURT AND CONSISTORE ABONE OTHIR
<L 20> SA THAI BE GUDE MEN AND GIF THAI BE MYSDOARIS HE
SULD GER PUNYSS THAME EFTER THAIR DESERTIS AND EFTER THE
QUALITEE OF THE PERSONE SA THAT OTHERIS TAK ENSAMPLE
TO KEEP THAME FRA SYK MYSDEDIS AND TO BE MARE
DREDAND TO BREK THE LAWIS AND WIT THOU ALEXANDER
FAIR SONE THAT ALL OTHIR WAYIS SULD BE PUNYST A NOTABLE
MAN NA A MAN OF LAWAR CONDICIOUNE FOR IT EFFERIS WELE
TILL A LORDE TO BE RIGOROUSE IN EXECUCIOUN OF JUSTICE
AND TO BE DISCRETE TO DISCERNE BETWIX STATIS OF PERSONIS
AND THE QUALITEE OF THE DEDE AND BETUIX SOVERAINE AND
SUBGETTIS AND THARTO SPEKIS ESCULAPIUS THAT ALL MEN
ARE BEHALDYN TO LUFE THAIR KING AND THAIR PRINCE AND
TO HONOUR HIM MAIST NEXT GOD AND HIS SANCTIS AND
<L 33> SAIS THAT THE EGILL IS LYKNYT TILL A KING AS LORDE AND
<P 99>

<L 1> SOVERAINE AMANG ALL FOULIS AND HAS IN SUM PART SYNDRY
CONDICIOUNIS EFFERAND TO PRINCIS ESTATE BOT QUHEN A
KING FYNDIS ONY MYSGOVERNAUNCE IN HIS REALME OR IN
HIS HOUSHALDE HE SULD GER INQUERE GYF IT BE DONE IN
PLAYING OR DISPORTING OR OTHIR WAYIS IN LYCHTLY CONTEMPT
OF ONY PERSONE NOCHT IN FELOUNY AND SA SULD IT BE
PUNYST AND GYF IT WAR DONE AGANIS THE MAGESTEE
RYALE IN FELLOUNY AND FORETHOCHT FELOUNY IT SULDE BE
PUNYST TO THE DEDE FOR QUHEN ONY MAN DOIS DESPISYNG
OR VILLANY OR ONY GRETE EXCESSE TO THE PRINCE OR OUCHT
THAT BELANGIS HIS MAJESTEE IT REQUERES DEDE BUT MERCI
GIF IT BE DONE BE HIS AWIN SUBJECTIS AND LEGIES AND
AS TO HAVE KNAWLAGE OF THAT ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE THOU
SULD UNDERSTAND THAT IN FOUR MANERIS OF WISE THOU
MAY UNDERSTAND GUDE OBEYSAUNCE OF SUBJECTIS TO THAIR
SOVERANE FIRST IN FAIRE MANER HALDING TILL HIM TO PRAY
TENDERLY TO GOD FOR HIM AND TO HAVE GRETE LUFERENT TILL
HIM TO MAK HIM GRETE HONOUR AND WORSCHIP ALEXANDER
FAIRE SONE DRAW TO THE AT ALL THY POWERE THE
<L 20> HERTIS OF THI SUBJECTIS AND THAIR CURAGIS AND KEPE TO
BE NOCHT IREFULL NA INJURIOUS AGANIS THAME THOUCH
THAI SPEKE QUHILUM WITH THE AND OTHIR QUHILIS AGANIS
THE AND UNDERSTAND WELE THAT PEPLE WILL SPEKE
LYCHTLY OF LYTILL EVYN AND THAREFORE KEPE THE WELE
THAT THOU MAK NA CAUSE THAT SULD GEVE THAME MATER
NA OCCASIOUN TO SPEKE AGANIS THE ONY THING AND
SA MAY THAI SAY RYCHT NOCHT THAT MAY GREVE THY
MAGESTEE NA ZIT NOCHT WIRK NA DO AGANIS THE QUHEN
THARE IS NA CAUSE FOR THARE IS NANE SA GUDE HELYNG
OF COUNSALE AS TO DO NANE EVILL AND TRAIST WELE
ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE THAT A RYPE DISCRECIOUN WITH GUDE
DELIBERACIOUN IS A GRETE GLORE TO THE DIGNITEE RYALE
OR OTHIR DIGNITEE AND REVERENCE TO THE LORDSCHIP AND
EXALTACIOUN OF A REALME AND THE MAIST HYE PRUDENCE
AND WYSEDOME THAT ONY PRINCE MAY HAVE IS TO PUT
PAYNE AND STUDY TO FIND THE WAYIS TO GER HIS PEPLE
LUFE HIM AND TO DO HIM REVERENCE AND IN DREDE AND <L 37>
<P 100>
<L 1> RADDOURE FOR IT IS CALLIT HYE PRUDENCE IN A KING
TO GER HIM HAVE ALL THIS LUFE DREDE AND REVERENCE OF
HIS PEPLE BOT ANERLY TO DELYTE HIM IN KEPING OF THE
LAWE
HOW PRINCIS MAY BE LYKENYT TO THE DEW OF
THE HEVYN
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<L 7> HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR TO QUHAT THING
PRINCIS IS COMPERIT AND TO THAT HE SAIS THAT A PRINCE
OR A KING MAY BE COMPERIT TO THE RAYNE FOR THE RAYNE
BERIS THE BENEDICTIOUN OF GOD AND CALLIT IS BE THE GRACE
OF GOD THE BENEDICTIOUN OF THE HEVYN THE LYF OF THE
ERDE AND THE GROUTH OF ALL FRUYTIS THAT AR HERE ENGENDERIT
AND CREATE AND NOCHT GAYNSTANDAND THAT THE RAYNE
IS PROUFFITABLE ZIT CUMMYS THARE WITH THE RAYN GRETE
THONDER AND FYRE FLAUCHT AND MONY OTHIR VEXACIOUNIS OF
GRETE WATERIS AND SPATIS THAT TORMENTIS THE PEPLE AND
DOIS MEKLE EVILL OFT TYMES DROWNIS MEN BERIS AWAY
CORNIS AND HAYIS AND HALE HOUSIS AND OTHIR GUDIS AND
ZIT NOCHT THAIR THE PEPLE LETTIS NOCHT FOR THAT TO LOFE AND
SERVE GOD FOR BY ALL THIS HE SENDIS THAME THE RAYNE
<L 21> THAT DOIS GUDE IN THE GUDE SESOUN OF THE ZERE THAT DOIS
THAME GRETE GUDE AND GRETE PROUFFIT AND  GERRIS THAME
FORGET THE SCATHIS THAT THAI HAVE HAD THROW IT. AND SA
DOIS A KING THE COMMOUN PROUFFIT TILL ALL MEN QUHEN HE
KEPIS LAWIS. BOT NOCHT THAN, IT DOIS GRETE SCATH TO SUM
MEN THAT AR PUNYST BE JUSTICE, AND SUM SLAYN SUM
PRISOUNYT SUM THAIR GUDIS TANE. AND ZIT LETTIS NOCHT
THE PEPLE FORTHY TO LOVE AND LUFE THAIR KING AND DREDE
HIM AND HONOURE HIM FOR THARE WALD CUM NANE EVILL IN
THIS WARLDE TO NAMAN WAR IT NOCHT FORESERVIT FOR THAIR
DEMERITIS. AND ZIT COMPERIS HE A KING TO THE WYNDIS
QUHILKIS DOIS GRETE GUDE ALWAY TILL GROWAND THING, FOR
<L 33> BUT IT THAI MYCHT NOCHT WAX, AND ZIT NA SCHIPPIS SAILE
<P 101>
<L 1> AND MONY OTHIR BEHUFULL THINGIS. BOT YIT DOIS IT MEKLE
SCATHE AS ALL MEN WATE DROWNIS SCHIPPIS SCHAKIS CORNIS
BREKIS STEPILLIS AND KIRKIS AND BREKIS TREIS WITH MONY
OTHIR EVILL THINGIS AND ZIT LETTIS NOCHT THE PEPLE TO
PRAY TO GOD TO SEND GUDE WYND AND LOVIS HIM OF ALL HIS
GIFTIS GRACIS AND WERKIS FOR MEN SULD UNDERSTAND THAT
THE HYE DISPOSICIOUN OF THE CONDUYTE AND THE GOVERNAUNCE
OF THIS WARLD THE QUHILK IS THROU DIVINE SAPIENCE
PREFIXT AND ORDANYT TO BE SA WELE AND PERFYTELY THAT
BETTER MAY NOCHT BE DEVISIT NA YMAGYNYT HE HAS ORDANYT
CERTANE LANDIS FOR CERTAYNE CREATURIS IN CERTANE
DISPOSICIOUN TO SERVE HIS CREATURIS AND GOVERNE AND
MANETENE. AND RYCHT SA HAS HE ORDANYT KINGIS AND
PRINCIS TO BE APON THE PEPLE TO FAVOURE AND NURISE
SUM AND OTHIR SUM TO PUNYSE. AND YIT COMPERIS HE
THE KING TO WYNTER AND TO THE SOMER FOR AS THE SOMER
GERRIS ALL FRUYTIS CORNIS AND OTHIR CREATURIS WAX AND
GROW TO MANIS BEHUFE AND ALL THING WITH HIS HETE
NURISIS QUHILL IT CUM TO THE HICHT SA DOIS THE HETE OF
<L 20> SOMER AGAYNE WITH THE CHELLE CALDE OF WYNTER PUTTIS
ALL THAI FRUYTIS AND TREIS AND FLOURIS ALL TO NOCHT AND
DESTROYIS THAME UTTERLY AND THUS AR THE TYMES OF
SOMER AND WYNTER BATHE DOARE AND UNDOARE TO ALL
ERDLY THING THAT GROWIS UNDER THE HEVYN. AND RYCHT
THUS IS IT OF THE PRINCE THAT DOIS AND UNDOIS KEPIS
ANE AND SLAIS ANE OTHIR DOIS PROUFFIT TILL ANE AND SCATHE
TILL ANE OTHIR AS CAUSE REQUIRIS DOIS TO SUM PLESAUNCE
TO SUM DISPLESAUNCE. AND THUS GAIS THE WARLDE.
HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS AR OF THE SAMYN NATURE
WITH SYMPLE MEN
HERE SPEKIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR OF THE GRETE
(MARG) (XIJ CAPITULUM) (END OF MARG)
POVERTEE OF ALL MANKYNDE. AND HOW GRETE PRINCIS AND
<L 33> KINGIS THOUCH THEY HAVE GRETE OFFICE AND CHARGE ZIT
<P 102>
<L 1> AR THAI BOT MEN AND MANKYNDE MON ENDURE AND HOW
THAI SULD BE OF GRETE DREDE TO SCAYLE AND SCHED MANNIS
BLUDE OURE REKLESLY. O ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE AND GENTILL
EMPEROUR DO ALL THY DILIGENCE TO ENQUIRE AND SPERE
OF THE GRETE NECESSITEE OF THE POURE AND SCHAMEFULL
CREATURIS OF MANKYNDE THAT FEBLE AR AND IN GRETE NEDE
AND ORDAINE LELE MEN THAT LUFIS THY SAULE TO INQUERE OF
THAME AND SPEKE WITH THAME AND DO THAME HUMANITEE
FOR THE REVERENCE OF ALMYCHTY GOD. AND THAI GUDE
MERCIFULL DEDIS THAT THOU SALL GER BE DONE TO THAME
SALL GER THE BE LUFIT BATHE WITH GOD AND WITH THY PEPLE
AND SE THAT THOU GER THY PROVIDOURIS OF ALL THY PROVISIOUNS
BE AY IN ALL THY CONTREIS PROVIDIT OF CORNIS
AND OTHIR PROVISIOUNS NEDEFULL ATOURE ALL COMMOUN
COURSE OF OTHERIS PROVISIOUNS BATHE FOR THY NECESSITE
AND OF THY PEPLE GIF IT BEFALLIS BE AVENTURE ONY DERTH
OR HUNGERE IN THY LANDIS THAT BATHE THOU MAY LYVE IN
HONOURE AND HELP TO SUPPLEE SUM OF THY PEPLE THAT
THOU MAIST SALBE BEHALDYN TO. AND THAN GERE OPYN
THY HOUSIS OF THY PROVISIOUNS OF CORNIS AND WYNIS AND
<L 21> OTHIR NEDEFULL THINGIS AND MYNISTER HELP TO THY PEPLE
AS CAUSE REQUERIS AND THIS THOU MAY DO AND IT SALBE
COMPTIT TO THE GRETE WITT AND PRUDENCE AND GRETE
HONOUR AND PROUFFIT AND SAUFING BATHE OF MANY SAULIS
AND LYFIS OF THY PEPLE AND SALL TECHE OTHIR BE THYNE
ENSAMPLE TO GOVERNE SA IN OTHIR TYMES. AND THAN
WILL THAY BATHE DOUBTE THE AND LUFE THE SAYAND THIS
LORD IS WORTHY TO BE A PRINCE THAT SEIS SA FERR BEFORE
THE PERILE AND SETTIS PROVISIOUN BE HIS PRUDENCE. AND
ZIT FAIRE SONE ALEXANDER I REQUERE THE TO THINK ON ALL
MY DOCUMENTIS AND TECHINGIS AND NAMELY THAT THOU
BE PECEABLE AND SPARING OF MANNIS BLUDE FOR IT IS
THE THING THAT PLESIS MAIST TO GOD AND MAIST EFFERIS
TILL A NOBLE PRINCE TO DO FOR GOD THAT KENNIS THE
SECRETE THOUCHTIS OF MANNIS HERT WILL REWARD THE THARFORE
IN THY GRETE NEDE FOR SUPPOSE THOU BE A KING
<L 37> AND RYALL EMPEROUR ZIT ART THOU BOT A MAN AND MANKYNDE
<P 103>
<L 1> MON FOLOWE. AND SCHAPE THE NOCHT TO TAK THE
OFFICE OF GOD THE MAKARE TO WRANGWISELY UNDO THE MANKYNDE
THAT HE HAS MADE TILL HIS AWIN PROPRE SEMBLAUNCE,
FOR WE REDE OF ANE RYCHT NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR CALLIT
HERMOGENES QUHILK SAIS IN HIS BUKIS NOTABLEZ THAT
QUHASA SLAIS ANE OTHIR CREATURE OF HIS AWIN KYNDE AND
NATURE SLAIS HIM SELF FOR HE SLAIS THE VERRAY SEMBLAUNCE
OF GOD THAT HE IS MAID EFTIR AND THAN CRYIS ALL THE
ANGELIS AND VERTUES OF HEVYN VENGEAUNCE OF THAT CRUELTEE,
SAYAND, SYR SYR THY SERVAND SCHAPIS TO BE FALOWE TO THE
THAT BUT RESOUN WILL SLA THY SEMBLAUNCE THAT THOU HAS
MAID AND THAN ANSUERIS THE HEVYNIS ON GODDIS BEHALF,
SUFFER ZOU TILL THE TYME FOR TRAISTIS WELE HE THAT
SLAIS SALBE SLAYN FOR QUHY THE VENGEAUNCE IS IN MY
HAND THE QUHILK I SALL TAK THAT ALL THE VERTUES OF THE
HEVYN THE MISDEDIS OF THE WIKKIT QUHILL HE HAVE TANE
VENGEAUNCE OF THAI MYSDOARIS OF QUHILKIS THAIR PUNYCIOUN
IS ORDANYT IN ENDLES PERPETUALE PAYNE.
HOW THAI SULD DELYTE THAME IN BUKIS OF
<L 20> STORIES OF VIRTUES AND VICES AND OF OTHER HONORABLE
DEDIS OF ALDE ANCESTRY AND OF WISDOME.
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW IT EFFERIS
(MARG) ( XIIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 23> WELE TO KINGIS AND PRINCIS TO HAVE AND GER REDE BEFORE
THAME OFT TYMES ALDE ANCIENNE NOBLE STORIES THE QUHILKIS
ENCRESCIS THAIR WISEDOME AND MENDIS THAIR LYFIS O
NOBLE AND MAIST WORTHY EMPEROUR THOU SULD UNDERSTAND
THAT THOU SULDE HAVE KNAULAGE AND UNDERSTANDING
OF ALL MANER OF WARLDLY THINGIS AND HEVYNLY IN ALSFER
AS TO THE EFFERIS FOR THOU HAS PROVIT AND EXPERIMENTIT
MONY MERVALOUS AND EVILL THINGIS AND FORTHY SULD
THOU HAVE IN MYNDE IN THY NOBLE REMEMBRAUNCE THE
GLORIOUS DEDIS OF THYNE ANCESTRIS AND FOREBEARIS OF AL
ANCIENTEE AND THOU SULD GER REDE IN THY PRESENCE BATH <L 33>
<P 104>
<L 1> CRONYKIS AND HISTORIES IN THE QUHILKIS THOU SALL NOCHT
FAILZE TO FYND MONY NOTABLE AND WORTHY ENSAMPLIS OF
ALDE ANCIENT FADERIS OF ARMES WELE TECHIT AND INSTRUCT
IN THE ACTIS OF NOBLESSE TO GEVE THE ENSAMPLE AND
INSTRUCTIOUN TO WYSLY GOVERNE THE IN MONY THINGIS THAT
NOW AR WEREFULL TO THE. AND TRAIST WELE THOU SALL
FYND THARE MONY THINGIS THAT SALL THE GEVE MONY GUDE
AVISEMENTIS BATHE OF WER AND OF PES, OF TYME BYGANE
THAT SALL MAK THE WYSAR TO ESCHEW PERILIS AND GOVERN
THE MARE WISLY IN TYME TOCUM. AND SPECIALLY I REQUERE
THE THAT THOU DESPISE NEVER LAWAR PERSONIS NA
THYSELF NA MARE UNLIKLY NA MARE SYMPLE CREATURE FOR
THOU WATIS NOCHT QUHEN GOD MAY MAK OF A PORE RICH
AND OF A FOULE UNLIKLY QUHILUM FULL MYCHTY TO HELP OR
TO HYNDER.
HOW THAI SULD KEPE GUDE FAITH AND LAUTEE TILL ALL
MANKYNDE EVER
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW ALL PRINCIS
(MARG) ( XIIIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 19> KINGIS AND NOBLES SULD KEPE GUDE FAITH IN ALL CONDICIOUNIS
AND APPOYNTMENTIS THAT THAY MAK TILL ALL CREATURIS
ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE OURE ALL THE THINGIS THAT MAY BE
IN THIS WARLDE KEPE WELE THAT THOU FAILZE NEVER OF THY
HECHTIS AITHIS NA PROMESSIS THAT THOU MAKIS OF CONDICIOUNIS
OR ALLIAUNCE AND BRESE NEVER THY LEAUTEE FOR
NANE ERDLY THING FOR THAT MAY BE CALLIT WOMANKYNDE
TO BREK LAUTEE. AND THAREFORE OURE ALL THING KEPE THY
CONDICIOUNIS AND LIGIS THAT THOU CONFERMES BE THY
LAUTEE FOR AY TO FRAUDE THARE FOLLOWIS FOULE ENDE HOW
LANG THAT EVER IT BYDE NA QUHAT GUDE THAT BE APPERAUNCE
THAT EVER CUM THAROF BE TYMES FOR THOU KNAWIS WELE
THAT BE THE FAITH AND LEAUTEE OF MEN ALL CONGREGACIOUNIS
OF MEN AND UNIOUN OF CITEIS AND WALLIT TOWNIS IS MANETENYT
AND UPHALDYN AND ALSA BE AITH AND FAITH AND
<P 105>
<L 1> LAUTEE CASTELLIS AR KEPIT AND STARK FORTRESSIS AND WALLIT
TOWNIS AND ALL REGNE AND DOMINACIOUN AND OTHIR GOVERNAUNCES
AR SEKERIT CONFERMYT AND UNDOUBTABLY KEPIT.
FOR AND FAYTH AND LEAUTEE WAR AWAY FRA MEN IN THIS
WARLDE ALL WALD BE NOCHT BUT TURNE AGAYN AS TO THE BEGYNNYNG
OF THE WARLD TO THAT ILKE STATE THAT THAI WAR AT
THE BEGYNNYNG OF THE WARLDE THAT IS TO SAY TO THE SEMBLAUNCE
OF UNREASONABLE BESTIS AND THAREFORE ALEXANDER
THOU WORTHY AND MAIST LELE EMPEROUR THAT THOU
KEPE THYNE AITHIS AND THY SACRAMENTIS CONDICIOUNIS AND
APPOYNTMENTIS AND ALL THYNE ALLIAUNCES ALL BE THAI NEVER
SA SCATHEFULL NA SA HINDERAND NA GREVABLE AND THINK
APON THAT THAT HEREMOGENES SAIS IN HIS WRYTTIS THAT
EVER ILKE MAN IN THIS ERDE HAS TWA ANGELIS KEPAND HIM
ANE ON HIS RYCHT HAND AND ANE ON HIS LEFT HAND TO TELL
HIS WERKIS TO GOD ALMYCHTY AND TO BE WITNES AGANIS HIM
IN HIS EVILL DEDE AND WITH HIM IN HIS GUDE DEDE AND
BE THIS A POYNT WELE AW THE MAN TO KEPE HIM FRA VICIS
AND DEDELY SYNNIS. O FAIRE SONE ALEXANDER QUHA CONSTREYNIS
<L 20> THE OR COMPELLIS THEE TO SUERE SA OFT AS THOU
SUERIS BOT TRAIST WELE THAT IT IS AGANIS GUDE THEWIS
AND VERTUES TO SUERE BAT GIF IT BE THROU GRETE NECESSITIE
AND THAT A MAN BE WITH GRETE INSTAUNCE REQUERIT OR
CHARGIT BE THE JUSTICERIS OR THAT THOU BE REQUERIT BE THY
GRETE COUNSALE AND FOR RYCHT GRETE CAUSE, FOR A KING
SULDE NOCHT LYCHTLY SUERE NA HECHT NATHING BOT THAT HE
WILL HALDE FOR SUERING IS MARE PROPRE TO THIR LICHT MEN
OF EVILL LYF AND TO SUBJECTIS AND BONDE MEN THAT GEVIS
NA FORCE QUHAT THAT THAI SAY NA SUERE SUPPOSE THAY BREK
THAIR AITH BOT TILL A LELE MAN IT IS DEDE AND GIF THOU
WILL WIT QUHY THE REALMES OF THE ALBANOIS AND OF THE
SACIENIS WAS DESTROYIT I SALL TELL THE FOR QUHY IT WAS BE
CAUSE THAT THAI WITH FRAUDE AND DECEPCIOUN MAID COVENANTIS
AND BANDIS OF THAIRE ALLYANCIS BETWIXT THAME AND
OTHIR CITEIS THAIRE NYCHTBOURIS AND THAIRE KINGIS AND
PRINCIS SUORE GRETE AITHIS TO KEPE THAI BANDIS AND CONDICIOUNIS
AND IN THAIRE HERTIS WAS FEYNYT AND FALS AND <L 37>
<P 106>
<L 1> THOCHT NOCHT TO KEPE THAME BOT MAID THAIR AITH IN
FRAUDE AND BARAT AND IN ENTENT OF DECEPCIOUN TO DISSAVE
THAIRE NYCHTBOURIS OF THE NEXT CITEIS AND BRAK THAIRE
CONTRACTIS AND CONDICIOUNIS AND DID EVYN THE CONTRAIRE
AND SA AT THE LAST GOD MYCHT NOCHT SUFFERE THAME NA
LANGER KNAWAND THAIRE MALICE AND GAVE POWERE TO THAIR
INYMYES THAT THAI WALD HAVE DESTROYIT TILL OURCUM THAME.
AND THAREFORE ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE TAK GUDE TENT TO MY
WORDIS AND MY TECHINGIS BATHE OF BEFORE AND THAT I SALL
SAY THE IN TYME TO CUM AND LYCHLY NOCHT MY SAWIS.
HOW PRINCIS SULD FOUND SCOLIS AND STUDYES OF
SCIENCIS IN THAIR COUNTREIS
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<L 13> HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW KINGIS
AND PRINCIS SULD GER MAK SCOLIS IN THAIRE REALMES AND
FOUNDE CITEIS AND MULTIPLY CLERKIS AND SCIENCIS ALEXANDER
FAIRE SONE BE SOVERANE LORD OF THE DEDE AND
SUPPOSE THOU HAVE THOLIT A THING PASSE THAT IS NOCHT
FOR THY PROW REPENT THE NOCHT QUHEN IT MAY NOCHT
BE WELE AMENDIT FOR ALL SYK THINGIS AR CONDICIOUNIS OF
WOMEN OR OF MAN THAT IS OF FEBLE CURAGE AND MUTABLE
<L 21> AND DO NA THING THAT THOU WALDE NOCHT THAT ALL MEN
WIST AND SUPPOSE THAY WIST THOU HAD NA DISHONOUR NA
LAK OF THAT DEDE. BE ALWAYIS COURTAIS AND KEPE WELE
THY TONG ET IN SYK GOVERNAUNCE THY REALME SAL BE SEKER
AND WELE DEFENDIT AND THY FAIS CONFOUNDIT AND LEVE
NOCHT BEHYND THAT IN EVERY GRETE CITEE OF THY REALME
THOU ORDANE GUDE PLACIS GAYNAND FOR SCOLIS AND THAT
THOU COMMYTT THEIRE GUDE WORTHY AND WISE CLERKIS TO BE
MAISTERIS AND GERE COMMAUND TILL ALL MEN THAT AR OF
POWERE TO SEND THAIRE BARNIS TO THE LARE AND THAME
THAT THOU SEIS AR HABILEST TO PROUFFYTE HELP AND FORTHIR
THAME TO CONTYNEWE AND DO THAME SUM COURTASY THAT
<L 33> OTHERIS MAY TAK ENSAMPLE TO PROUFFIT IN SCIENCIS AND TO
<P 107>
<L 1> CUM TO PERFECTIOUN OF CLERGY AND AY THAT SALL GEVE
OTHERIS OCCASIOUN TO PROUFFIT MARE AND MARE AND SA
SALL THY REALME CUM IN HONOUR VERTU AND GUDE GOVERNAUNCE
THROW THY PROVIDENCE AND GOD SALL ZELDE IT
THE AND THY PEPLE SALL HONOURE THE AND LUFE THE AND
GIF THAI WRYTE TO THE OR MAKIS THE ONY REQUEST HERE
THAIRE PRAYERIS AND WRYTE GRACIOUSLY AGAYNE TO THAME
AND AY DO HONOURE AND LOVING TO THE MAIST WYSE
AND WORTHY MEN AND THAT SALL ENCRESSE THAIR BOUNTEE
AND THE HONOUR AND WORSCHIP DOUBLIS AY AGAYN TO
THE AND AY HALDE THAME THAT MAIST WORTHY AND WIS
CLERKIS AR NEREST AND DEREST TO THE AND DO AY MAIST
FOR THAME AND THAN SALL THOU MOVE THAM THAT AR WIS
FOR TO EXTOLL THY NAME AND THY WORSCHIP OURE ALL CONTREIS
IN THY LYVE. AND SA SALL THOU WYN GUDE RENOUNE
THAT WE SPAK OF BEFORE THAT SALL REMANE EFTIR THY DEDE
AND THUS SALL THOU HAVE HONOUR BATHE DEDE AND QUYK
AND THAN SALL THAI PUT THY GUDE DEDIS IN WRITT AND
IN CRONYCLIS TO BE IN PERPETUALE REMEMBRAUNCE THE
<L 20>QUHILK SAL BE REPUTE TO THE RYCHT GRETE WISDOME AND
SAPIENCE AND BE THIS SALL THE HONOUR OF THYNE EMPIRE
BE MARE FAIRLY EXTOLLIT AND THY COURT SAL BE ENLUMYNYT
WITH WISEDOME AND CLERGY EVERMARE AND MARE THE QUHILK
IS THE GLORE OF THY CROUNE AND THYNE EMPIRE QUHAM
TROWIS THOU ALEXANDER TO HAVE PUT IN MEMORE AND WRYTT
THE WORTHY MENNIS DEDIS AND THAYRE GOVERNAUNCE OF TYME
BYGANE NA SALL DO IN TYME TO CUM AND MAID THAREOF
STORIES AND CRONYCLES BOT GRETE CLERKIS AND STUDYARIS IN
SCOLIES OF SCIENCES THAT WARE WYSE AND WORTHY MEN THE
QUHILKIS SERVIT TO LORDIS TO BE IN HONOURABLE AND WORTHY
REMEMBRAUNCE AND HAD OF THAME THAT WARE PRINCIS IN
THE TYME MONY WORSCHIPFULL AND HONOURABLE REWARDIS
AS WE REDE OF A GRETE LORDIS DOUCHTER QUHILK WAS SA
TECHIT IN SCIENCE OF CLERGY AND NAMELY IN NATURALE PHILOSOPHY
AND ASTRONOMY THAT SCHO KNEW THE COURSE OF THE
ZERIS DAYES MONTHIS AND SESONIS AND ALL THAIRE MANERIS
<L 37>AND ALS THE COURSE OF STERNIS AND PLANETIS WITH THE PROPRIETEIS
<P 108>
<L 1> OF THE SIGNIS OF THE ZODYAC AND THE CAUSE OF THE
SCHORTING AND LENTHING OF THE DAIS AND THE NYCHTIS WITH
THE CAUSE OF CONJUNCTIONIS AND THE DIVERSE MOVINGIS OF
THE PLANETIS AND THE KYNDIS OF THE CONSTELLACIOUNIS AND
SCHORTNESS OF CERCLEIS WITH THE KYNDIS OF DIVERS CONDICIOUNIS
OF INFLUENCES OF THE HEVIN QUHILKIS THROU THAIRE
IMPRESSIOUNIS STERIS ALL NATURALE THINGIS TO GENERACIOUN
AND CORRUPCIOUN WAXING AND WANYNG LEDIS AND CONDITIS
AND GOVERNIS ALL THAIR OPERACIOUNIS THAT UNDER THE HEVYN
IS ENGENDERIT BE THE QUHILKIS SCHO KNEW AND COUD JUGE
OF THINGIS THAT WAS TO CUM BE NATURALE COURSE OF THE SAID
CONJUNCTIONIS AND MONY OTHIR THINGIS THAT NATURALE
PHILOSOPHY SCHEW HIR CLERELY. AND THARFORE SEN IT IS
THUS THAT A WOMAN COUDE CONSAVES SYK SUTELTEE OF
NATURALE SCIENCE QUHILK HAS NOCHT COMMONLY SA RYPE
WIT AS MAN THUS IS IT TO PRESUME THAT THOU QUHILK HAS
SA NOBLE A WITT MAY RESSAVE KNAULAGE IN THE OF SYK
THINGIS BETTER NA ONY WOMAN BE RYCHT WAYIS AND DOCUMENTIS
OF NATURE AND SA TO CUM TO GUDE PERFECTIOUN OF
SCIENCE TO GOVERNE THY DEDIS IN TYME TO CUM AS EFFERIS
<L 21> HOW THAI SULD NOCHT GOVERNE THAME BE WOMEN
NA TROW THAIR COUNSALE
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW LORDIS NA PRINCIS
(MARG) ( XVIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 24> SULD NOCHT TROWE THE COUNSALE OF WOMEN NA GOVERNE BE
THAME BOT GIF THAI HAD FIRST ASSAYIT AND KNAWIN THAIRE
COUNSALE GUDE NA ZIT IN A MEDICINARE ALLANE NA PRINCE
SULD LEPYN HIS HELE IN TYME OF NEDE. O ALEXANDER,
FAIRE SONE KEPE WELE THAT THOU HAVE NA TRAIST IN WOMMENIS
WERKIS NA IN THAIRE WORDIS NA GOVERNE THE NOCHT
BE THAIR COUNSALE AND GIF IT CUMIS APON A NEDEFORSE
THAT THOU BEHUFIS TO TROW ANE TROW IN HIR THAT THOU
HAS KNAULAGE OF HIR LAUTEE AND GUDELYNES OF BEFORE FOR
QUHEN A WOMAN TRETIS THY GOVERNAUNCE TRAIST WELE THY <L 33>
<P 109>
<L 1> PERSONE IS IN PERILE NO MARE TO PRIS NA THE LYF OF A CALF
PUT IN HER KEPING. THAREFORE FLEE AS POYSONE THAIRE
VENYMOUS CONDICIOUN MORTALE FOR THAI BEGYN NOCHT
NEWELY TO BE INYMYES TO MANKYNDE BOT IT IS THING
KNAWIN OF LANG TYME SYNE AND NOTOIRE TILL ALL MEN
AS BE ALDE STORYES MEN MAY KNAWE HOW MANY HONOURABLE
AND WORSCHIPFULL PRINCIS KINGIS AND PATRIARCHIS HAS
BENE THROU THAME UNDONE QUHAT BE POYSONIS QUHAT
TRAISONIS QUHAT OTHIR WAYIS UNDONE AND THAIRE DAYIS
SCHORTIT AND SCHAMYT THEIRE HONOURIS LOSTE AND THAIRE
LYFIS TYNT BE THE MEKLE MALICE THAT IN THAME AMOVIS
QUHEN THAI THE KEPE IN THAIR CURE THOU ART NOCHT WELE
KEPIT BOT FAYNDE WITH FAIRNES TO FLEE BEFORE THAI THE FANG.
HOW THAI SULD NOCHT TRAIST ANERLY IN A MEDICYNE
BUT MA
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW KINGIS
(MARG) ( XVJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 17> AND PRINCIS SULDE NOCHT TRAIST IN A MEDYCINARE ANERLY BOT
GIF THAI WAR MA SAYAND THUS ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE OF
ONY WISE KEPE THE THAT THOU MAY OUT OF THE HANDIS OF
<L 20> A MEDICINAIRE ANERLY BOT GIF IT BEFALL THAT THOU HAVE
NEDE OF MEDICYNE TAK THE BE THE LESTE TEN MEDYCINARIS
THE BEST THAT MAY BE FOUNDYN AND LAT THAME CONSIDER
THYNE ACCIDENT OF MALADY AND LAT THAME NOCHT GA
SEVERALY BOT AY TOGEDER QUHILL THOU HAVE DONE WITH
THAME AND TAK NEVER MEDICYNE OF THAIRE HANDE BOT
MONY OF THE MAIST SUFFICIENT ACORDE IN THE MEDICYNE
GIVING FOR ANE HIM ALLANE MAY SONE BE TRETIT TO DO THE
A VILLANY QUHARE MONY MAY NOCHT BE SA LYCHTLY TRETIT
BOT SUM OF THAME SULDE LUFE THYNE HONOURE AND THY LYF
AND DISCOVER THE LAVE AND ALS TO CHESE THE DROGGIS
AND GADER THYNE HERBIS  THOU SULD TAK TRAIST MEN AND
OF GUDE KNAULAGE AND SYNE GERE THAME BE GOVERNIT AND
TEMPERIT THE WORTHIEST OF THY MEDICINARIS SYNDRY OR BE <L 33>
<P 110>
<L 1> ALL TOGEDER TO MELLE THAME BE WEICHT AND BE MESURE AS
EFFERIS AND I PRAY THE FAIRE SONE THINK ON HOW THE
QUENE OF INDE SEND THE MONEY JOWELLIS AND SPECIALE
PRESENTIS AMANG THE QUHILKIS THARE WAS SEND THE A
MAIDYN RYCHT FERLY FAIRE QUHILK IN HIR ZOUTH HAD BEEN
NURIST WITH VENYM OF SERPENT OF ANE EDDIR AS EFTIRWART
WAS APPROVIT THAT HER NATURE WAS FUNDYN AS NATURE OF
EDDIR. AND HAD I NOCHT HAPNYT TO BE THARE IN THE
TYME THOU HAD BENE UNDONE AND WE ALL FOR FRA I SAWE
HIR I PERSAVIT BE MY JUDGEMENT THAT SCHO WAS EMPOYSOUNDE
AND OF VENYM NURIST AND NAMELY I APPERSAVIT
HER THAT SCHO SETT HIR SICHT SA HARDILY SA FERMELY AND
SA FORSABLY AND WITH SA HORRIBLE ANE BEHALDING UPON A
MANNIS VYSAGE THAT SCHO LUKIT ON BOT ONY CESSING OF
CONTYNUAL STARYNG IN THE VISAGE OF A MAN THAT SCHO
STYKKIT HIR EYNE IN A MAN AS SCHO WALD THROU LUKAND
PERSE HIM WITH HER SYCHT AND THAN SONE APPERSAVIT
I THAT SCHO WALDE BUT DOUT ENPOYSONE A MAN AND PUT
HIM TO DEDE WITH A BYTING OF HIR  MOUTH AS WAS EFTIRWART
<L 20> APPROVIT BEFORE THE CLERELY AND THUS HAD THOU BENE
DEDE AND DISHONOURDE AND ALL THY COMPANY DESTROYIT
AND SCAILIT O FAIRE SONE ALEXANDER KEPE WITH ALL THY
BESY CURE THY MAIST NOBLE SAULE QUHILK GOD HAS MAID
TO THE SEMBLAUNCE OF HIM AND HIS ANGELIS OF HEVYN
AND KEPE IN THY GOVERNAUNCE THE COMMANDEMENTIS OF
HIM AND HIS LAWIS AND NOCHT IN DISHONOUR BOT IN ACQUISICIOUN
OF GLORE PERPETUALE AND BE NOCHT OF THE CONDICIOUNIS
OF UNWISE MEN
HOW PRINCIS SULD GOVERNE THAME BE A WYS CLERK
EXPERT IN ASTRONOMY
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW KINGIS AND
(MARG) ( XVIIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 32> PRINCIS SULD GOVERNE THAME BE A WORTHY AND MAIST WYSE
CLERK EXPERT IN THE ART OF ASTRONOMY O HIE EMPEROUR
<P 111>
<L 1> AND PRINCE DEBONAIRE GYF IT MAY GUDELY BE THAT THOU
MAY GETT A NOTABLE AND EXPERT MAISTER IN ASTRONOMY
SE THAT THOU NOUTHIR LIE NARYSE NA SYTT NA STAND NA ETE
NA DRINK NA ONY OTHIR KYNDE OF THING UNDERTAK TO DO
BUT THE COUNSALE OF THAT WYSE CLERK THAT BE A PROVIT
MAN IN HIS SCIENCE WITTAND WELE THAT THE GLORIOUS GOD
HAS NATHING MAID IN NATURE NOUTHIR IN VANE NA VOIDE
NA IDILL FOR NOCHT BOT CAUSE NA RESOUN AND LIBERALE WILL
OF THE MAKARE BE CERTANE RESOUN. AND BE THIS CAUSE
OURE MAISTER PLATOUN THE WORTHY PHILOSOPHOUR HAD VIRRAY
KNAULAGE OF ALL THE THINGIS OF NATURE THAT EVER HE SAWE
MAID IN ERDE IN DIVERSE PARTIES AND OF ALL THAIRE CONTRAIRIS
AND ALS OF ALL THE STERNIS. AND THAREFORE FAIRE
SUETE SONE ALEXANDER TAK NA HEDE TO THE LANGAGES OF
FULIS NA TRAIST NOCHT IN IGNORANT MENNIS WORDIS THAT SAIS
THAT NA MANNIS WITT MAY HAVE KNAULAGE OF THE STERNIS
NA OF THE PLANETIS NA OF THE DISPOSICIOUN OF THE FIRMAMENT
AND THAT THE SCIENCE OF THAME IS SA STARK THAT
NANE MAY KNAW IT FOR TRAIST WELE THAI WATE NOT QUHAT
THAI SAY FOR TRAIST WELE THE WIT OF THE MAN IS SA
<L 21> NOBLE THAT BE HIS SUBTLE ENGYNE HE MAY UNDERSTAND
ALL THING THAT WAY OF RESOUN MAY SCHAWE SA THAT HE
WILL SETT HIS ENTENT AND HIS ERNYSTFULL STUDY THARETILL
THAT ALL THING THAT GOD AND NATURE HAS MAID IS TILL
HIM SENSIBLE AND SAVOURABLE BE WAY OF REASOUN AND
BECAUS THAT SUM MEN SAIS THAT GOD BEFORE THE BEGYNNYNG
OF THE WARLDE HAD ORDAYNIT AND DEVISIT ALL
THINGIS AS THAI SULD BE AND THAREFORE THAI SAY IT IS
BOT TYNT TRAVAILL AND FOR NOCHT TO STUDYE IN SYK MATERIS
NA MAKIS NA PROUFFIT TO MANNIS GOVERNAUNCE BECAUSE
THAT ALL THING MON BE AS GOD HAS ORDANYT BUT VARIACIOUN
OF MUTACIOUN OR CHANGEING AND THAREFORE THAI
THINK THAT OF NA THINGIS FOR TO CUM MAY BE NA SCIENCE
THAT MAY PROUFFIT AND THUS THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY
IS NOCHT WORTH NA PROUFFITABLE. BOT ALEXANDER FAIRE
SONE THAI WATE NOCHT QUHAT THAI SAY FOR AND IT WAR
SA AS THAI SAY THAT ALL THING SULD BE AS GOD HAS SAID <L 37>
<P 112>
<L 1> MAID AND DEVISIT NOCHT THAN QUHEN MEN KNAWIS THE
NATURE OF THE INFLUENCIS OF THE HEVIN AND THE CONSTELLACIOUNIS
OF THE PLANETIS THEY MAY MARE LICHTLY
ESCHEWE THE PERILIS AND MARE ESILY BERE THE CHARGIS EFTIR
FOLLOWAND NA THAI KEND THAME NOCHT FOR AND MEN
WIST BE THE CONSTELLACIOUNIS INFLUENCIS AND DISPOSICIOUN
OF THE PLANETIS THAT IT SULD BE A CALDE WYNTER THIS
ZERE NEXT TO CUM MEN WALD SE FOR WOD AND ELDYN
AND PURVAY THAME OF BETTER CLETHING AND MEND THAIRE
HOUSING IN SYK A WYSE THAT THAI SULD PAS THAT FELLOUN
WYNTER WITH LESSE EVILL AND LESSE DISESE NA IT HAD
CUMMYN APON THAME SUDAYNLY UNWARNIST AND RYCHT
SA OF ANE UNKYNDE ZERE OF DISTRESSE OF CORNIS AND
VITTAILIS MEN MAY BETTER PURVAY NA IT WAR UNKNAWIN
NA UNPURVAYDE OF BEFORE OR ZIT QUHA WIST BE THE
COURSE OF NATURE THAT THE SOMERE NEXT FOLOWAND SULD
BE SA HATE NA NANE MYCHT LYVE THINGIS THAT WAR NEDEFULL
TO REFRESCHE MANNIS NATURE OR ELLIS ALL SULD BE IN
DANGERE OF DEDE OR OF GRET MALADY THAN WALD MEN
<L 20> PURVAY THAME OF CULAND METIS AND DRINKIS AND OF CALDE
CHAMBERIS AND SINGLE CLETHING AND RYCHT SA OF THE
FAMYNE TO CUM FOR FAULT OF CORNE OR WYNE AND PROVISIOUN
MEN WALD PURVAY THAME THAT THAI SULD PAS
WITH LESSE COST AND SCATHE AND SAVE MONY MENNIS
LYFIS NA IT WAR UNWITTYN AND ALSSUA MEN WALD DREDE
THAIRE GOD AND MEKE THAME TILL HIM AND MENDE
THAIRE LYFIS WITH CONFESSIOUN CONTRICIOUN AND SATISFFACTIOUN
AND ASK MERCI AND GRACE OR THE CASE HAPNYT
AND KEPE THAME IN TYME TO CUM FRA SYK FAULTIS AND
EXCESSE AND TRAIST WELE FAIRE EMPEROURE THAT GOD
HAS NOCHT SA STRAYTELY ORDANYT HIS WERKIS NA SA
FREMMYTLY EXCLUDIT HIS POWERE INFYNYTE FRA HIS WERKIS
THAT HE MAY NOCHT DIRECT HIS POWERE TO CHANGE THE
FIRST SET OF THE DEVISE AT HIS AWIN LIBER ARBITRAGE EFTIR
OURE DESERTIS AND EFTIR AS HE SEIS MEN CHANGE THAYR
CONDICIOUNIS AND CONVERSACIOUNIS AND INCLYNACIOUNIS BE
ORISOUN IN GUDE DEVOCIOUN REUTH ABSTINENCE FASTING <L 37>
<P 113>
<L 1> SACRIFICE ALMOUSEDEDE CHERITEE AND CONTRICIOUN THAT
WE MAY SA FAIRE GRACE AND MERCI PURCHAS AT HIS
ALMYCHTI INMESURIT POWERE ANDE MISERICORDE THAT ALL
MAY BE CHANGIT HIS IRE IN PITEE MERCI AND GRACE
OR ELLIS WARE HE NOCHT ALMYCHTI AND MAY WE PURCHAS
MERCI OF OURE MYSSE BYGANE AND GRACE TO KEPE US IN
TYME TO CUM AND THAREFORE AS TO THE KNAWLAGE OF THE
SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY IT IS TO WIT THAT IT IS DIVIDIT IN
THRE PARTIES.
OF THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND OF THE DIVISIOUN
OF IT
HERE SPEKIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR OF THE FIRST TECHING
OF THE DIVISIOUN OF ASTRONOMY SAYAND THAT IT IS DIVIDIT
(MARG) ( XIX CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 14> IN TO THRE PARTIES THAT IS TO SAY IN FIRST IN THE ROUNDNES
AND IN THE CERCLEIS MOTIVES AND IN THE POSICIOUN OF THE
PLANETIS AND SITUACIOUN AND IN DIVERSITEE OF THE SAIGNYS
AND IN THAIR LENTHIS AND MOVEMENTIS PROPERIES AND COMMOUNS
AND THIS PARTE IS CALLIT THE PROPRE SCIENCE OF
THE ASTRONOMY THE SECUND PARTY IS TO KNAW THE MANER
<L 20> OF THE MOVEMENTIS AND THAIRE QUALITEIS AND THE RYSING OF
THE SIGNES AND TAKENIS IN THE FIRMAMENT AND THE BEGYNNYNG
OF THE TAKENIS AND EMYNENTIS OF THE PROPRIETEIS
OF THE THINGIS THAT ARE TO BE GENDERIT IN TYME TO CUM
BEFORE OR THAI BE MAID IN EFFECT REALY UNDER THE FIRMAMENT
THAT IS CALLIT THE SPACE FRA THE MONE DOUNWART FOR
THE FERMAMENT THE FERME HEVYNNIS FRA THE REGIOUN OF
THE MONE UPWART AND THIS PARTY IS CALLIT ASTROLOGY
THAT IS THE SCIENCE OF THE SIGNES AND TAKENIS OF THE
FIRMAMENT AND THE JUGEMENT OF THAIRE CONDICIOUNIS AND
EMPRESSIOUNIS AND CONSTELLACIOUNIS MERVAILOUS AND
THIS IS THE MAIST WORTHY PART OF ALL ASTRONOMY AND THE
THRID AND THIS IS FIRST THE SCIENCE OF CERCLEIS AND
ROUNDELLIS THE TOTHIR OF PLANETIS STERNIS AND SIGNES <L 33>
<P 114>
<L 1> THE THRID THE KNAULAGE OF THAIRE CONSTELLACIOUNIS AND
DIVERSITEIS IMPRESSIOUNIS AND JUGEMENT THAREOF, OF THE
QUHILKIS I SALL GEVE THE BETTER DOCTRINE EFTERWART FOR
NOW I WILL OCCUPY ME TO DECLARE SUM PART OF THE ARTE
OF MEDICYNE OR I PASS FORTHERLYAR TO TECHE THE TO KEPE
THY HELE THE QUHILK IS THE BEST PART OF ALL MEDICYNE
TO KEPE HELE QUHEN MEN HAS IT AND MAIST PRECIOUSE
FOR THE IN THE GOVERNAUNCE OF THINE EMPIRE
HOW PRINCIS SUD ATOUR ALL THING TAK KEPE TO
THAIR HELE
HERE SENDIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR ARISTOTIL A
(MARG) ( XX CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 12> PISTLE TILL ALEXANDER HOW HE SULD ATOUR ALL THING BE
CURIOUS TO KEPE HIS HELE SAYAND THUS FAIRE SONE
ALEXANDER FOR THE LUFE OF ALMYCHTI GOD TAK GUDE KEPE
TO THY HELE FOR BETTER IS HELE NA ALL THE MEDICYNE OF THE
WARLD. AND UNDERSTAND WELE THAT NA MAN MAY NOCHT
DO NA CONQUERE RYCHESSE WISDOME NA HONOUR BUT CLERE
WITT AND UNDERSTANDING OF MAN AND THE WIT OF THE
MAN HAS NA POWERE OF GOVERNAUNCE BOT GYF THE BODY BE
IN HELE AND BODILY HELE MAY NOCHT BE HALDYN BOT
<L 21> THROU EQUALITEE OF COMPLECTIOUN AND NANE EQUALITEIS OF
COMPLEXIOUNS MAY LEST BOT TEMPERAUNCE OF HUMOURIS
AND THE TEMPERAUNCE OF HUMOURIS STANDIS IN THE MANNIS
GOVERNAUNCE AND ZIT THE GLORIOUS GOD HAS ORDANYT
THAT QUHAR MANNIS WITT FAILZEIS IN THE GOVERNAUNCE OF HIS
TEMPERAUNCE SA THAT HIS COMPLEXIOUN CHANGE HE HAS
ORDANYT CERTANE AND GUDE SUTHEFAST REMEDIS WITH CERTAYN
POYNTIS AND CERTANE MANERIS OF GOVERNAUNCE TO KEPE THE
MAN IN HELE AND TILL HELE HIM QUHEN HE IS SLYDDIN OUT OF
HIS PROPRE TEMPERAUNCE OF EQUALITEE OF COMPLEXIOUN OF
QUHILK HE HAS ORDANYT CERTANE SCIENCE THE QUHILK SCIENCE
HE HAS MAID REVELACIOUN OF TILL OURE ALDE ANCIENNE
FADERIS AND PHILOSOPHOURIS AND PROPHETIS THAT WARE HALY <L 33>
<P 115>
<L 1> MEN AND LUFIT WITH GOD THAT HAS BENE BEFORE OURE
TYMES THE QUHILKIS WAS CHOSYN BE THE DIVYNE SAPIENCE
OF THE HALY GASTE AND ILLUMYNIT THAIRE SPIRITIS TO KNAW
SYK SECRETIS OF GOD TO TECHE TILL OTHERIS BE THE GIFTIS
OF THE SAPIENCE OF GOD AND SYNE THE PHILOSOPHOURIS
THAT COME EFTIR THAT MULTIPLYIT THE SAID SCIENCE OF
PHILOSOPHY IN YNDE PERSE AND GRECE FIRST EFTER THAIM
THE QUHILK WARE TWA PHILOSOPHOURIS THAT FIRST FAND THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE SAID SCIENCE AND THE SECRETIS BE THE
QUHILKIS PRINCIPLES THAT IS TO SAY ORIGINALE REUGLIS OF
DOCUMENTIS QUHILKIS BOT ONY DOUT MEN FYNDIS THE SAID
SCIENCE THROUCH AND THE SAID SECRETIS THAREOF THAT NANE
MAY BE DISSAVIT IN AND THUS MON THOU SETT THE TO KEPE
THY HELE FIRST OF ALL THING FOR ELLIS THOU ART CAUSE OF THY
PERDICIOUN AND NOCHT ANERLY OF THINE BOT OF MONY
OTHERIS AND THAREFORE SULD MEN SEKE SCIENCE THAT
MAY TECHE THAME TO SAVE THAIR LYFIS AND PERSEWE IT
QUHILL IT BE GOTTYN AND THOU SULD UNDERSTAND THAT
THE GLORIOUS GOD ALMYCHTI ABONE ALL OTHERIS HAS MAIST
<L 20> ILLUMYNIT THE PHILOSOPHOURIS AND THE PROPHETIS AND
GEVIN THE PHILOSOPHOURIS GRACE TO KNAWE ALL SCIENCE OF
NATURE AS OTHIR TYMIS I TALD THE AND ZIT SALL EFTIR THIS
FOR I THINK TO PROCEDE FURTH IN THE DECLARACIOUN OF SYK
MATERIS EFTIR THAIRE BUKIS AND DOCUMENTIS ( ETC )
HOW AND IN QUHAT MANER THAI SULD GOVERNE THAIR
HELE KEPING
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW MEN
SULD KEPE THAIR HELE AND NAMELY PRINCIS FAIRE SONE
(MARG) ( XXJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 29> ALEXANDER THOU MON FIRST UNDERSTAND THAT THE NOBLE
ANCIENNE PHILOSOPHOURIS FAND BE NATURALE SCIENCE THAT
ALL MAN IS MAID OF FOUR ELEMENTIS AND OF FOUR CONTRARIOUS
HUMOURIS AND HAS AY NEDE OF METIS AND DRINKIS
TO NURISE THAT COMPOSTE OR ELLIS HE MAY NOCHT LEST <L 33>
<P 116>
<L 1> AND THAN GIF HE TAKIS MARE OF SYK LYFLADE NA NEDEFULL
IS TILL HIS NATURE HE WILL BE SEKE AND GIF HE TAKIS
LESSE NA IS NEDEFULL ALSSUA HE WILL BE SEKE AND GIF
HE USIS BOT MOYENLY AND MESURABLY WITH TEMPERAUNCE
THAT MAY SUFFICE TILL HIS CORPOLENCE AND COMPLEXIOUN
HE WILL BE LANG HALE ANDE LYVE LANG LYF AND WITH
THAT HE MON BE MESURIT IN SLEPING AND WAKING TRAVAILING
AND RESTYNG AND OTHIR SYNDRY EXCESSIS THAT I SALL
TELL THE EFTERWART QUHILK GYF AND QUHEN HE EXCEDIS
HE MON ON NEDEFORCE BE SEKE OF SYNDRY SEKENESSES OF
THE QUHILKIS GIF IT HAPNYS I SALL TELL THE THE REMEDIES
CONVENABLE AND GAYNAND TO RESTORE THE AGAYNE TILL HELE.
BOT TO KEPE WELE HELE THOU MON US TEMPERAUNCE IN
ALL THIR FORENAMYT THINGIS OR THY HELE SALL NOCHT LANG
LEST AND TRAIST THIS TO BE VERAY SUTHE FOR I FAND NEVER
ZIT PHILOSOPHOUR THAT DISCORDIT TO THIR CONCLUSIONIS
AND SENTENCIS FOR ALL THE DELYTABLE THINGIS THAT AR IN
ERDE ACCORDAND TO MANNIS DESYRE OUTHIR RICHESSIS OR
HONOURIS OR CARNALE DELECTACIOUNIS AR ALL ORDANYT TILL
HAVE LANG DURABILITEE IN THIS WARLD SA THAT ILKE CREATURE
<L 21> DESYRIS TO LYVE LANG AND THAN SULD THAI SETT THAIM FOR
THE THINGIS THAT AR OF LANG DURABILITEE AND THAT GEVIS
OCCASIOUN TILL MEN TO LYVE LANG AND BE OF GRETE DURABILITEE
THAT IS THE THINGIS THAT KEPIS MAN LANG IN HELE OF
HIS CORPS THE QUHILKIS GYF HE WILL WELE KEPE HE MON
RENOUNCE TILL HIS PROPRE LUSTY DESYRIS OF THE FLESCHE AND
NOCHT AY FOLOW THE DESYRIS OR THE CARNALE LUSTIS AND
DELYTIS AS GYF A MAN HAS ETYN AND DRONKYN SUFFICIANDLY
THAT FURTHWITH INCONTYNENT EFTIR QUHEN HE SEIS OTHERIS
ETAND AND DRINKAND GUDE METIS AND DRYNKIS THAT HE ETE
AGAYN THAN A FILL APON ANE OTHIR FOR TRAIST WELE THAT
CUSTUME IS MORTALL AND PUTTIS A MAN SONE OF HIS NATURALE
EQUALITEE OF COMPLEXIOUN AND GERRIS HIM BE SEKE AND
THE OFT CUSTUME THAREOF IS DEDE AS I HERD COMPT OF THE
WISE YPOCRAS TO THE QUHILK ANE OF HIS DISCIPLES SAID O
MAISTER SAID HE WALD THOU ETE AND DRINK BETTER NA THOU
<L 37> DOIS THOU WALD BE STARKARE NA THOU ART AND FORCIARE
<P 117>
<L 1> BOT THY LYTILL ETING AND DRINKING MAKIS THE SA FEBLE OF
CORPS TO QUHAM HE ANSUERDE AGAYNE SAYAND THAT HE
ETE IN ENTENT TO LYVE LANG AND LYVIT NOCHT IN ENTENT TILL
ETE SAYAND THAT THE LANG LYF IS NOCHT ORDANYT FOR THE
METE BOT THE METE IS ORDANYT TO HALD THE LYF BOT NOCHT
TO BE A GLUTOUNE OF FOR GLUTONY SCHORTIS THE LYF FOR
WE AR NOCHT ORDANYT TO LYVE LANG FOR THE ETING OF GUDE
METIS AND GUDE DRINKIS BOT GUDE METIS AND DRINKIS
AR ORDANYT TO HALDE THE LYF LANG IN THE BODY BOT THAT
SULD BE TANE BE MESURE BUT EXCESS FOR I REMEMBER
OF MEN OF ABSTINENCE THAT WOLD NOCHT THAIRE APPETITE
GLOUUT TOUNG ALL HIS DESYRIS BOT LYVIT BE DYETE AND
ABSTINENCE AND THAI MEN WARE MARE LYFLY HALE FAIRE
HABIL AND STRENTHYAR DELYVER AND LYCHT AND OF LANG LYF
AND GUDE HELE AND MEMOIRE NA ONY OTHIR THAT GAVE
THAIRE FLESCHE ALL THE LUSTIS AND DESYRIS THAT IT COVATIS
AND THUS IS IT GRETE VERTU TO NOCHT MAK EXCESSE AND
SYK MEN THAT ARE OF SYK ABSTINENCE AND TEMPERAUNCE AR
LANG HALE FOR NATURE IN THAME HAS LAISERE TILL EXPELL HIS
SUPERFLUITEE AND PURGIS HIM AND THAREFORE BE ALL MEDICINARIS
ABSTYNENCE IS CALLIT THE MAIST SOVERANE MEDICYNE
THAT IS IN THE WARLDE HERE.
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR CERTAIN DOCUMENTIS
OF MEDICYN
HERE DECLARIS THE WORTHY PHILOSOPHOUR ARESTOTIL
(MARG) ( XXIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 26> CERTANE ENSEIGNEMENTIS DOCUMENTIS AND TECHINGIS OF
MEDICYNE THE QUHILKIS AR GUDE OF CONSERVACIOUN OF
MANNIS HELE. FAIRE SONE ALEXANDER THOU MON FIRST
UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICYNE THARE IS
CERTANE DOCUMENTIS THAT AR GEVYN FOR THE CONSERVATIOUN
OF HELE PRINCIPALY THE FIRST IS THAT A MAN TAK
METIS CONVENABLE TILL HIS COMPLEXIOUN AND HIS NATURE
<L 33>AND TILL HIS AGE OF THE QUHILKIS HE HAS BENE USIT TO BE
<P 118>
<L 1> NURIST IN HIS PERFYTE ELDE THE SECUND IS THAT HE
USE QUHILUM TO RESSAVE METIS AND DRINKIS THAT BE OF
GUDE STARK NATURE OF DEGESTIOUN QUHILUM THAT THAY BE
OF TENDER NATURE OF TENDERARE DIGESTIOUN AS THUS GIF
A MAN WARE OF STARK COMPLEXIOUN AND OF HATE NATURE
AND COMPLEXIOUN FOR THE NATURALE HETE THAT IS IN HIM
AND THE MOYSTNES OF HIS CORPS THE NATURE IS MARE
VAPORABLE AND OF BETTER DIGESTION TO CORRUMP AND
BRAY THE METIS AND OURCUM THAME NA IN A PERSONE
THAT IS OF WAYKARE NATURE OR COMPLEXIOUN AND THAN
IS MARE SPEDEFULL TILL HIM METIS OF GUDE PITH AND
STARKARE METIS NA TILL OTHERIS THAT AR OF WAYKAR COMPLEXIOUN
OR ELLIS TO GEVE HIM METIS OF WAYKE DEGESTIOUN
IS THAN NOCHT SPEDEFULL AND THAN SALL MEN KNAW
BE THAIR GRETE MATER THAT CUMIS FRA THAME IN GRETARE
QUANTITEE NA IN OTHERIS TYMIS AND OF OTHERIS METIS
OF LYCHTAR DEGESTIOUN AND THAT IS FOR THE GRETE HETE
AND MOYSTNES THAT HAS THAN DOMINACIOUN IN THAT CORPS
AND QUHEN HIS BODY IS DRY AND SCLENDER AND LIGNYE
THAN IS NEDEFULL TILL HIM TENDAR METIS OF LICHT AND
<L 21> SONE DEGESTIOUN AND DELICIOUS THINGIS AND OF SUTIL VAPOURACIOUN
MOYSTIS FOR QUHEN A PERSONE IS OF SMALL
AND LIGNY QUANTITEE AND SCLENDER THAN AR THE WAYIS
OF THE NATURALLE CONDUYTIS SMALLER AND OF LESSE ROUM
NA THAI AR IN OTHERIS OF MARE QUANTITEE THROU THE QUHILK
GRETE METIS OF RUDE DIGESTIOUN SULD BE HIS DEDE AND
ALSSUA ANE OTHIR WAY GIF HE BE HATE AND DRY HE SULD
HAVE MOYST AND CALDE METIS AND GIF HE BE CALDE
AND MOYST HE SULD HAVE HATE AND DRY METIS FOR AY
THE CONTRARY IS CURIT WITH HIS CONTRARY FOR GIF A MAN
BE HATE AND DRY OF NATURE AND HE BE FED WITH HATE AND
DRY METIS THAN SULD HE SANE BE AT ANE END FOR HE
MON HAVE EQUALITEE OF HUMOURIS GIF HE WILL HAVE LESTAND
HELE FOR MANNIS LYF CONSISTIS IN HATE AND MOYSTE
AND THE CONTRARY IS HIS CONSUMMATIOUN AND DEDE THAT
IS TO SAY CALDE AND DRY AND THUS IT EFFERIS TILL A
<L 37> MAN THAT WALD KEPE HIS HELE LANGSUMLY THAT HE HAVE
<P 119>
<L 1> METIS CONVENABLE TILL HIS COMPLEXIOUN GAYNAND. AND
GIF A MAN BE FAT AND MOYSTE DRY METIS AR GUDE TILL
HIM AND GIF HE BE LENE MOYST METIS AR GAYNAND TILL
HIM AND THUS IS GUDE TILL A FAT MAN AND CORPOLENT
ROSTIT METIS. AND TILL A SCLENDER MAN AND A LENE
SODYN METIS AR GUDE AND GYF HE BE HATE OF COMPLEXIOUN
AND MOYSTE GEVE HIM GRETE METIS CULAND
AND GIF HE BE CALDE GEVE HIM METIS THAT RECONFOURTIS
AND HETIS HIM AND SUM MEN WORTHIS GRETE AND
PURSSYD AND CORPOLENTIS THAT IS OF OUR GRETE EXCESS
OF ETYNG OR DRINKING RESTYNG THAT NATURE EXPELLIS NOCHT
UTTERLY THE SUPERFLUITEIS EXCESSIVES AND THAN SULD HE
BE GOVERNIT WITH THE CONTRAIRIS TO PUT HIM IN HIS RYCHT
PROPORCIOUN OF HUMOURIS AND REFORME HIS COMPLEXIOUN
AND BE CAUS SYK MENNIS STOMAKYS AR HATE AND MOYSTE
STARKE METIS AND DRYAND WAR GAYNAND MAIST FOR THAME
FOR THE STOMAC THAT IS RYCHT MEKLE OF HETE IS COMPERIT
TILL A GRETE FYRE QUHILK GIF A MAN WILL HALDE IT WELE
IN HE MON CAST IN IT MEKLE BRYNT WOD AND GRETE
QUANTITEE THAROF AND A STOMAK THAT IS BOT OF
<L 21> MESURABLE HETE REQUIRIS BOT MESURABLE WOD TO HALD
THE FYRE IN AND OFT TYMIS IN LYGNY MEN AND SCLENDER
AR GUDE STOMAKIS. AND IN CORSSY MEN AND FAT FULL
WAYKE STOMAKIS AND THARFORE TO KNAWE A GUDE STARK
STOMAK I SALL DECLARE THE CERTAYNE DOCUMENTIS AND
SIGNES EVIDENTIS THAT IS TO SAY HE THAT HAS A GUDE
STARK STOMAK HE HAS A BLYTHE HERT AND LICHTSUM AY
AND GUDE CLERE WIT AND REDY AND AY WELE DISPOSIT TO
THE METE GUDE OF SYCHT NOCHT HEVY OF EYNE AND
HE THAT HAS A WAYKE CALDE STOMAK HE IS OF HEVY CHERE
AND HEVY HERTIT AND SAD AND SUERE ROUSTY IN VISAGE
IN UNKYNDELY PARTIES REDE AND OFT TYMIS GANTIS AND
WAMBLEIS BOLKIS WITH HEVY SUOLLYN EYNE WITH STYNKAND
RYFTIS AND UNKYNDELY COLOURIT AND OFT TYMIS HAS FELLOUN
PASSIOUN IN THAIR WAME AND IN THAIR STOMAK AS GRYNDINGIS
BRYNNYNG OF HERTE AND VENTOSITEIS WITH DOLOROUS
HAVING AND EVILL APPETITE TO METIS THE QUHILK WAYKE <L 37>
<P 120>
<L 1> STOMAK SONE FYLIS AND GROWIS IN IT CORRUPCIOUNS FOR
FAULT OF GOVERNAUNCE AND TYMOUS REMEDIS THAT OF IT
CUMIS ALL UNTHRIFTY MALADIES AS FEVERES FLUXIS PERLESEIS
PERDICIOUN OF MEMBRIS QUHILKIS CORRUMPIS AND DESTROYIS
MANNIS NATURE AND BRINGIS TILL END BEFORETYME
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR CERTANE SECRETE
DOCUMENTIS OF MEDICYNE
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR CERTANE SECRETE
(MARG) ( XXIIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 9> THINGIS OF MEDICYNE THAT AR RYCHT SPEDEFULL AND NECESSAIRE
FOR MANNIS HELE OF HIS BODY AS THUS ALEXANDER
FAIRE SONE SEN IT IS SA THAT THE BODY QUHARE THARE IS
CORRUPCIOUN OF GUDE HUMOURIS AND INEQUALITEE OF COMPLEXIOUNIS
CHANGIT BE MISGOVERNAUNCE THE BODY MAY
NOCHT LANGSUMLY SA ENDURE FOR THE QUHILKIS CAUSIS
FOR TO REMEDE SYK THINGIS I WILL PUT SUM CERTANE
DOCUMENTIS IN THIS BUKE THAT PRINCIS AND KINGIS THAT
UNDERSTANDIS THAI DOCUMENTIS THAI SALL NOCHT NEDE TO
SEKE TO NANE OTHIR MEDICINE BOT GOVERNE THAIM BE
THE TECHING THAT I SALL SCHAW THAM HERE FOR IT IS
NOCHT SPEDEFULL TO SCHAWE ALL THE SECRETIS OF PRINCIS
<L 21> TO MEDYCYNARIS THAT MAY BE MENDIT BUT THAME SUFFICIENTLY
OFF QUHILKIS TECHINGIS I TRAIST THOU SAL BE WELE
PAYIT AND CONTENT QUHEN THOU HERIS THAME AND THE
QUHILK ALSA SAL BE HONEST THING BOT AS BELANGAND
OTHIR INFIRMITEIS THAT CUMMYS OF TRAVAILIS IN WERE AND
OF BATAILLIS AND SUDANE ACCIDENT OFF SIK THING MEN
SULD HAVE COUNSALE OF MEDICINERIS AS MALADYES THAT
MEN MAY NOCHT GUDELY UMBECHEW AND THARFORE FAIRE
EMPEROUR QUHEN THOU RYSIS IN THE MORNYNG THOU SULD
FIRST MAK THY PASSYNG A LYTILL QUHILE UP AND DOUNE AND
STREK AND RAK THY MEMBRIS SUETELY AND SOFTLY AND
EVINLY AND SYNE EFTIR THOU SULD KEMBE THY HEDE
<L 33> FOR WITT THOU WELE THE RAXING OF THY MEMBRIS ESILY
<P 121>
<L 1> WITH A LYTILL SPASSING MAKIS ALL THY CORPS IN BETTER
DISPOSICIOUN AND SYNE THE KEMBING OF THY HEDE
CHACIS ALL THE VAPOURIS AND THE HUMOURIS THAT AR
ASCENDIT FRA THY STOMAK TO THY HEDE AND GERRIS THAME
DESCEND IN THY BODY TO THE NATURALE VENTIS AND ISSUES
QUHARE IT APPERTENIS AND LYCHTIS THYNE EYNE AND THY
FYVE WITTIS MAKIS MARE HABLE AND THUS SALL ALL
THY BODY BE MARE WALDIN AND ESY TO DISPONE THE
TILL ALL THYNE OPERACIOUNIS AND KEPE WELE THAT THOU
WESCH OFT TYMES IN SOMER THY FETE AND THY VISAGE
AND THY HANDIS WITH CALD WATER FAIRE AND SUETE FOR
IT RESTRENZEIS THE HETE OF THY MEMBRIS AGAYNE IN THY
BODY AND PERFORNISIS THE REMAYNAND OF THY DEGESTIOUN
AND GENDERIS GUDE APPETITE TILL ETE. AND SYNE EFTER
THAT THOU SALL CLETHE THE WITH GUDE AND FAIRE AND RICHE
CLETHING FOR THAT IS LYCHTYNG TO THY HERT AND GEVIS
THE A PLESAUNCE TO BEHALD THY PERSONE QUHEN THOU
ART IN RICHE ARRAY QUHILK EFFERIS WELE TILL A KINGIS
ESTATE, AND THE DELYTE OF THI HERT RECONFOURTIS THY
<L 20> NATURE AND ENFORSIS THY VERTU IN IT SELF OF THY BEAUTEE
OF THY CORPS AND THY CLETHING. AND SYNE EFTIR THAT
ALEXANDER THOU SALL WESCH THY TEITH AND SYNE RUB
THAME WITH A BARK OF A TREE THAT BE HATE AND DRY
AND OF ALL BITTER GUSTIS AND EVILL SAVOURIS IN THY MOUTH
IT SALL PURGE THE AND RUB IT ALL ABOUT THY MOUTH
WITHIN AND ON THY CHAFTIS AND IT SALL CLERE THY VOCE
AND CLENGE THY TEITH AND GADER APPETITE TILL ETE. AND
SYNE SULD THOU AVIS PROUFFITABLE BLUDE-LATTINGIS FOR
THE TYME AND THE SESOUN AND THAT SALL DO THE GRETE
GUDE FOR BATHE IT OPNYS THE CLOS TERMES OF THE
PASSAGIS OF HUMOURIS AND GEVIS ISSU TILL EVILL VAPOURIS
INCLOSIT WITHIN THY MEMBRIS AND GERRIS THE MEMBRIS
OF A MAN BE MARE GRETE AND MARE FORSSY AND NAMELY
THE NEK AND THE ARMEIS AND LYMMYS AND CLERIS THE
COLOURE IN THE VISAGE AND MENDIS THE SICHT AND CONFOURTIS
THE NERIS AND MAKIS FOLK TO BE FAT AND CONFORTIS
<L 37> THE ( V ) WITTIS AND THE MEMOIR AND INTELLIGENCE OF
<P 122>
<L 1>RESOUN AND LETTIS A MAN TO BE SONE BELD. AND SYNE
EFTIR THAT GER MAK UNGUEMENTIS EFTER BATHIS AND ANOYNT
THY BODY WITH PRECIOUS UNGUEMENTIS EFTIR THE SESOUN
SAVOUROUS AND THE QUALITEIS OF THE TYME FOR THAT IS
BATHE CONFORTABLE TO THY BODY AND PLESAND TO THY
SAULE AND THY LYF AND THY SAULE AR FULFILLIT OF BLITHNES
AND PLESAUNCE BE GUDE SAVOURIS AND ODOURIS THAT IS
THE METE OF THY LYF. FOR GUDE ODOURIS RECONFORTIS THE
HERT AND THE BODY AND GERRIS THAME REJOYS AND THAN
RYNNIS THE BLUDE THROWOUT THE CORPS IN THE RYCHT VAYNIS
BE THE GAYNESSE AND THE BLYTHENESS OF THE SAULE AND
OF THE SPIRITIS VITALES THAT CONDUYTIS THE LYF AND HALDIS
ALL IN JOYE THE VERTUES NUTRITYVIS AR MARE VERTUOUS
TO THAIR NATURALE OPERACIOUNIS AND THAN SALL THOU
TAK ELECTUARIES QUHILKIS AR ORDAYNIT IN BUKIS OF MEDICYNE
TO BE MAID TO PRINCIS AND SYNE SALL THOU TAK
OF REUBARBE THE MOUNTAUNCE OF FOUR PENYWEICHT TO
PURGE THE FLEUME OF THY STOMAK AND OF THY MOUTH AND
FORTIFYIS THE NATURALE HETE OF THY STOMAK AND OF ALL
<L 20> THY CORPS AND MAKIS SUETE AYND AND SYNE PAS TO
GODDIS SERVICE AND EFTIR THAT SPEKE WITH THY WYS
MEN OF COUNSALE APON THE SPEDEFULL GOVERNAUNCE OF
THY DEDIS AS THOU ART CUSTUMYT AND DO SYK THING AS
EFFERIS THE TO DO QUHILL IT BE HOURE TO DYNE. AND
OR THOU ETE OR DRINK TRAVAILL THE SUM THING OUTHIR
ON FUT OR ON HORS TILL ENGENDER IN THE NATURALE HETE
THAT WASTIS EVILL HUMOURIS VENTOSITEIS AND FLEUMES AND
MAKIS THE STOMAK MARE HABLE AND EXPELLIS SUPERFLUITEIS
OF AND EVILL HUMOURIS TO NATURALE ISSUES AND
SYNE GER BRING BEFORE THE MONY AND SYNDRY DIVERS
MANERIS OF METIS AND ETE OF THAME THAT THYNE APPETITE
BEST GEVIS THE TILL ETE OF AND MAIST PLESIS TO THYNE
ENTENT WITH GUDE BREDE SUM PART LEVAYNED AND WELE
BAKYN AND FIRST AS I HAVE SAID THE OF BEFORE ETE
OF THE METIS THAT AR MAIST GAYNAND AND AVENAND FOR
THY NATURE AND THY COMPLEXIOUN AS THYNE APPETITE
<L 37> GEVIS THE AND EXCEDE NOCHT THINE APPETITE AND ERAST
<P 123>
<L 1> THE MAIST MOISTE METIS FORMEST FOR THAI AR OF MARE
LYCHT DEGESTIOUN AND SYNE THE DRYARE THAT IS OF STARKARE
DEGESTIOUN EFTERWART FOR THAI DRYAR METIS CONSUMYS
EVILL FLEUMYS AND SUPERFLUITEIS OF THE FIRST MOYSTE METE
AND WALD THOU ETE FIRST THE MAIST DRYAND METIS AND
SYNE THE MOYSTAST THAN SULD THE STARK DEGESTIOUN LET
THE WAYKARE OF DEGESTIOUN AND IS AGANIS NATURALE WAY
OF GUDE NURISCHING AND DEGESTIOUN FOR METIS THAT AR
RESTRENZEAND AR NOCHT SPEDEFULL TO BE ETYN FIRST BOT
ERAR METIS LAXATYVES AND ALL DRY METIS AR RESTRICTIVES
BOT GYF IT BEFELL THAT A MAN WALDE ETE MONY SYNDRY
METIS THAT WAR LAXATYVES AT A TYME THAN WAR IT SPEDEFULL
THAT HE SULD ETE SUM PART OF METIS CONSTRICTIVES
THAT WAR CONSTRENZEAND OR HE ETE THAI METIS FOR THE
GROUND OF THE STOMAK IS MARE HATE AND MARE STARK
AND  MARE FORCY OF DEGESTIOUN NA THE HUMAST PART OF
THE STOMAK FOR QUHY THE STOMAK IS THARE MARE THIK
AND LYIS NEREST THE LYVER QUHILK HALDIS IN THE FYRE OF
THE STOMAK AND ZIT SULD THOU MAK A PAUS BETUENE
<L 20> COURSIS OF METE FOR IT IS RYCHT SPEDEFULL TO BYDE
THINE APPETITE AY AND NOCHT PRECEDE IT TO LAY A METE
HASTILY APON ANE OTHIR FOR THAT STOPPIS THE HETE NATURALE
AND GENDERIS MONY SUPERFLUITEIS IN THE STOMAK THAT
EFTERWART FADIS THE VERTU DEGESTIVE AND HYNDERIS THE
APPETITE AND GREVIS THE STOMAK AND DOIS GRETE EVILL
TO MANNIS PERSONE FOR THE REMAYNIS LYIS LANG IN THE
CALOURE DEGESTIVE AND NOYIS THE GROUND OF THE STOMAK
AND GENDERIS UNKYNDELY HETE IN THE LYVER QUHEN IT
LYIS LANG THARE AND LETTIS APPETITE TO DRYNKE SONE
EFTIR DYNER AND ENGENDERIS FULL EVILL MALADIES CULIS THE
VERTU DEGESTIVE AND DESTROYIS THE VERTU OF NATURALE FUDE
OF THE METE THROU FADING OF THE STOMAK. AND GIF SIK
CAS HAPNIS IN GRETE HETE IT WAR GUDE TO DRINK CULAND
THINGIS EFTER AS WATER GYF NA BETTER THING MYCHT BE
GOTTIN TO CULE AND CLENGE THE STOMAK AND QUHEN
<L 37> THOU HAST GOVERNYT THE IN MANER THAT THOU HAS ESCHEWIT
<P 124>
<L 1> THIR PERILIS FORESAID AND THOU HAVE ETYN YNOUCHE THAN
SCHAPE THE TO SYTT A LYTILL AND REST THE AND SYNE
EFTIR SPACE A LYTILL AND SYNE EFTIR DISPONE THE TO SLEPE
A LYTILL NERE BE THE SPACE OF ANE HOURE APON THY RYCHT
SIDE AND SYNE EFTER QUHEN THOU WAKENIS TURN THE APON
THY KERR SIDE AND THARE END THY SLEPE FOR THE KER
SIDE IS KINDELY CALDARE NA THE RYCHT AND HAS MYSTER
TO BE HELPIT WITH SUM CHAUFING AND GIF IT BE
HAPYNIS THE TO FELE ONY DOLOUR IN THY STOMAK OR IN
THY WAME GER HETE A LYNYN CLATHE AND LAY THAREAPON
OR ELLIS TAK ANE OF THE MAIST FAIRE MAIDINIS THAT
THOU MAY GET AND HALD ALS NERE THY STOMAK AS THOU
MAY BRACE HIR ALL HATE. AND GIF IT HAPNIS THE ONY
HERT WAMBLYNG EGIRLY TAK A VOMYT OF WATER AND
VINAGER OR OTHIR WAYIS  TO GER THE CAST FOR THE GRETE
QUANTITEE OF METIS THAT IS IN THY STOMAK MAY NOCHT
BE GOVERNYT NA OURCUMMYN BE THE NATURALE HETE OF
THY STOMAK AND IS A GRETE BREKING OF THY COMPLEXIOUN
AND OF THY CORPS AND THARFORE IS GUDE THE TRAVAILE
<L 20> BEFORE METE BOT OUR GRETE TRAVAILING EFTER METE THAT
A MAN BE FULL OF GUDE METIS IS NOCHT SPEDEFULL FOR HE
CHASSIS THE METE IN THE STOMAK AND GERRIS PART ASCEND
AND PART DESCEND TO THE GROUND OF THE STOMAK AND
ENGENDERIS MONY MALADIES. AND TRAIST WELE THAT

SLEPING BEFORE THY METE WITH A VOYDE STOMAK MAKIS
MEN LENE AND DRY BOT SLEPING EFTIR METE WITH RESOUNABLE
SPACYNG EFTERWART IT FULFILLIS THE NATURE CONFORTIS
THE MEMBRIS AND NURISCHIS THE CORPS AND
GROWIS FOR QUHEN THE PERSONE RESTIS AND REJOYSIS
THAN THE NATURALE HETE THAT IS OURSPRED OUR ALL THE
CORPS DRAWIS THAN AGAYN TO THE STOMAK TO CONFOURT
IT AND HELP THE NATURALE DEGESTIOUN AND TO GRYND
THE METIS THAT AR THARE IN AND SYNE EFTIR THAT
THE NATURALE VERTU MAKIS HIM TO REST AND THARFORE
SAIS SYNDRY OF OUR GRETE MAISTERIS PHILOSOPHOURIS THAT
THE METIS THAT AR RESSAVIT IN THE STOMAK AT EVYN AR
<L 37> MARE PROUFFITABLE TO THE NURISCHING OF MANNIS NATURE
<P 125>
<L 1> NA THE METIS THAT AR TANE AT MORNE FOR THE METIS
THAT ARE TANE IN THE MORNYNG HAS NOCHT SA GUDE HELP
OF THE NATURALE HETE AS THE METIS THAT AR TANE AT
EVYN AT THE SOUPER FOR QUHY THE METIS THAT AR ETYN
IN THE DYNER RESSAVIS THE HETE OF THE DAY IN MANNIS
CORPS QUHEN HE IS WAKAND AND TRAVAILAND AND BATHE
THE MEMBRIS OF MANNIS BODY AND HIS WITT IS THAN
VEXT AND TRAVAILIT FOR QUHAT THAT A MAN THAN HERIS
AND SEIS AND SPEKIS AND THINGIS VEXIS HIS MYND IN
SYK MANER WITH THE CORPORALE LABOURE AND TRAVAILLE OF
HIS MEMBRIS AND MONY OTHIR PLESANCIS AND DISPLESANCIS
THAT HIM BEFALLIS IN THE DAY THAT DRAWIS THE
HETE FRA THE STOMAK AND SCAILIS IT OUR ALL THE BODY
SA THAT IT IS FER WAYKARE IN THE STOMAK NA IT WAR
UNYT TOGEDER IN THE STOMAK AND THIS MAKIS THE
VERTU OF THE NATURALE DEGESTIOUN FER WAYKAR AND FEBLEIS
THE MANNIS CORPS AND LETTIS DEGESTIOUN TO BE PERFYTE
AND EFTIR SOUPER THE MANNIS PERSONE RESTIS AND REPOSIS
IN THE NYCHT AND THE MEMBRIS AND THE WIT AR BATHE
<L 20> UNVEXIT AND LABOURIS NOCHT NA SEIS NOCHT NA HERIS NA
SPEKIS NOCHT BOT RESTIS FRA ALL VEXACIOUN CORPORALE AND
MENTALE AND THAN THE NYCHTIS AR NATURALY CALDE AND
THE HETE OF THE BED ANE OTHIR WAY CONSERVIS AND
ENFORSIS THE NATURALE HETE AND ALL THE MEMBRIS REPOSSIS
AND RESTIS IN QUIETE AND THAN THE NATURALE HETE THAT
IS REENFORSSIT IS MARE VERTUOUS AND CONSUMYS SONER THE
FUDE IN THE STOMAK AND SENDIS IT IN PES AND REST
TO THE PARTIS OF THE BODY QUHARE IT IS ORDANYT TO BE
TO CONFORT AND REINFORS THE MEMBRIS AND THE SPIRITIS
VITALIS FOR THE CONSERVACIOUN OF MANNIS NATURE AND
ALSSUA ALEXANDER WIT THOU WELE THAT A PERSONE THAT
IS USIT AND CUSTUMYT TILL ETE TWIS ON THE DAY AND
THAI CHANGE THAIR CUSTUM AND ETE BOT ANYS ON THE
DAY IT SALL DO GRETE HYNDERING TO THAIR GROWTHE AND
ALTERIS THAIR COMPLEXIOUN AND DOIS GRETE EVILL TO THE
BODY AND RYCHT SA GIF ONY PERSONE BE CUSTUMYT
<L 37> TO ETE BOT ANYS ON THE DAY AND THAI CHANGE THAIRE
<P 126>
<L 1> CUSTUME AND ETE TWYS ON THE DAY, THAI SALL FYND
GRETE SCATHE AND REDY TAKYNG OF SEKENES FOR QUHY
IN THE FIRST THE NATURE OF MANNIS KYNDE LEPPINIS TO
THE US AND THE CUSTUME THAT IT IS WOUNT TILL AND
QUHEN IT FAILZEIS THAT CUSTUME THARE MON BE A FAULT
AND OF THE TOTHIR THE STOMAK THAT IS USIT TILL ANYS
ETING QUHEN IT RESSAVIS MARE NA IT WAS WONT TO
THAT REMAYNIS IN THE STOMAK UNDEGEST AND RAWE FOR
THE STOMAK THAT IS NOCHT WONT THARTO MAY NOCHT
OURCUM IT IN THE TYME AND IT MAKIS GRETE INDISPOSICIOUN
OUR ALL THE BODY AND CONTYNUAND THIS LANGSUMLEY
MON IN NEDEFORS ENGENDER GRETE MALADY AND
ZIT ALSSUA A PERSONE THAT IS CUSTUMYT TILL ETE AT
CERTANE HOURIS AND HE EXCEDE HIS HOURE OR CUM BEFORE
HIS HOURE HE SALL INDISPONE HIS STOMAK AND TURNE HIM
TO GRETE SCATHE AND PREJUDICE AND THARFORE BE NOCHT
LEF TO CHANGE THY CUSTUMES IN ETING AND DRINKING
SLEPING AND WAKING AND GIF IT BEFALLIS THAT THOU WILL
CHANGE OR MON ON NEDIS CHANGE THY CUSTUM DO THAT
<L 20> BE ORDINAUNCE SOBIRLY AND MESURABILY AND NOCHT HASTILY
BOT LYTILL AND LYTILL QUHILL THOU BE BROCHT OUT OF THAT
CUSTUM QUHARE THOU WALD BE FOR USAGE IS ANE OTHIR
NATURE THE QUHILK IS PERILOUS TO CHANGE AND OUR ALL
THING KEPE THE WELE THAT THOU ETE NEVER QUHILL THOU
PERSAVE AND KNAW WELE THAT THY STOMAK BE EMPTYD
AND VOYDE OF THE LAST METE THAT THOU ETE. AND THAT
SALL THOU KNAWE BE SYNDRY TAKENIS THE FIRST THAT THOU
HAVE GUDE WILL TILL ETE ANE OTHIR THAT THARE HABOUND
MEKLE HUMOUR IN THY MOUTH AND THAT IT BE THIN AND
LIGNYE AND SUETE IN THY MOUTH BUT RYFTING OR BOLKING
OR GANTYNG. FOR TRAIST WELE QUHEN ONY PERSONE TAKIS
METE QUHEN NA NEDE IS TO THE BODY OR QUHEN HE
HAS NANE APPETITE NATURALE OR IN ANE UNCLENE GORGIT
VOYDE STOMAK HIS STOMAK IS GLAYMYT AND CLAGGIT AND
THE NATURALE HETE IS MISTEMPERIT THAT IT SAL BE LANG
OR HE RECOVER AGAYNE GUDE APPETITE AND IN GRETE
AUNTER NA HE SALL FALL IN MALADY UNCURABLE AND HE <L 37>
<P 127>
<L 1> US THAT CUSTUME. AND QUHEN A MAN TAKIS HIS METE
MESURABILY WITH GUDE APPETITE THE NATURALE HETE IS
DISPOSIT TO MAK GUDE DEGESTIOUN FOR THAN IS IT HATE
AS FYRE AND SETHIS THE METE WELE AT POYNT AND THAN
PROUFFITIS IT TO THE NATURE AND HALDIS THE CORPS IN
FORS HELE AND GUDE VERTU AND THAT MAKIS GUDE BLUDE
AND BLYTHE HERT AND CLERE WITT AND FAIRE MEMBRIS
AND ALSSUA QUHEN ONY PERSONE HAS GUDE APPETITE
TILL ETE HE SULD NOCHT DELAY IT GIF HE MYCHT FOR ELLIS
IN THE TYME THE STOMAK BE THE VERTU ATTRACTIVE DRAWIS
TILL IT SYNDRY HUMOURIS AND SUPERFLUITEIS OF NATURE LEFT
OF THE TOTHIR DEGESTIOUN QUHILKIS AR UNKYNDELY TILL IT
AND UNPROUFFITABLE AND FILLIS THE STOMAK OF A FROITH
OF FANTASY QUHILK HINDERIS SYNE THE APPETITE QUHILK
AND IT BE CONTYNEWIT GREVIS THE NATURE GRETELY AND
HYNDERIS THE GROUTH AND RASIS FUMYGACIOUNIS AND
VAPOURIS AS REKE QUHILKIS INDISPONIS THE HARNIS AND
STROUBELIS THE MYNDE AND LETTIS MAN TO SLEPE AND
REST AND SYNE IT THAT MEN ETIS OR DRINKIS EFTERWART
<L 20> DOIS THAME NA PROUFFIT
HERE DECLARIS HE THE FOUR RATHIS OF THE ZERE AND
FIRST OF VER ( & )
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR OF THE FOUR
(MARG) ( XXIIIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 24> RATHIS OF THE ZERE THAT IS FOR TO SAY VER SOMER AUGUST
AND WYNTER VER ESTAS AUTUMPNUS AND YEMPS OURE
ENTENCIOUN IS FAIRE SONE ALEXANDER TO TRETE SCHORTLY
HERE OF THE FOUR SESONIS OF THE ZERE BATHE OF THAIR
QUALITEIS AND QUANTITEIS AND PROPRIETEIS AND OF THAIR
CHANGEING AND DIVERSITEIS ANDE THARFORE THOU SALL
UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIRST OF THIR FOUR TYMES BEGYNNIS
QUHEN THE SONNE ENTERIS IN A SIGNE CALLIT THE RAM AND
IT BEGYNNIS THE ( XXIJ ) DAY OF MARCHE AND LESTIS QUHILL
THE ( XXIJ ) DAY OF JUNII THE QUHILK TYME CONTEYNIS FOUR <L 33>
<P 128>
<L 1> SKORE AND ( XIIJ ) DAYES ( XXIJ ) HOURIS AND A QUARTER OF ANE
HOUR AND THAN IN THE FIRST ENTRE OF THAT TAKYN CALLIT
THE RAM THE DAY AND THE NYCHT IS YLYKE LANG IN ALL
REGIOUNIS OF THE WARLD AND IN THAI DAYES THE TYME
IS SUETE AND MOYSTE AND THE AYER IS MARE SOFT AND
THE WEDER COMMONLY MARE PLESANT NA ONY OTHIR TYME
OF THE ZERE AND THE WYNDIS AR MARE LOWIN AND
MARE DRYAND NA IN WINTER AND HARDAR AND THAN THE
WELLIS BEGYNNIS TILL HABOUND IN WATERIS AND STRYNDIS TO
SPRING AND THE FLOURIS AND LEVIS BEGYNNIS TO BURGEOUN
AND FRUYTIS TO GROW AND THE TREIS TO CLETHE THAME WITH
VERDURIS AND BURGEONIS AND MEDOWIS WORTHIS GRENE AND
OURFRET WITH DIVERS NATURIS OF COLOURIS OF HERBES AND
FLOURIS AND FAIRE FLURIS OF ALL FRUYTE TREIS THAN SCHAWIS
THAIR BEAUTEIS AND THAIR NATURALE FLOURIS AND FAIRNESS
AND ALL THE ERDE BECUMMYS OURCLED WITH ALL MANERIS OF
HERBES FLOURIS AND FRUYTAGIS OF DIVERS NATURIS AND ALL
BESTIS AND FOULIS TAKIS THAIR PASTURE OF THE SAID FLOURIS
AND HERBIS AND FRUYTIS AND ZELDEIS AGAYN THAIR DUETEIS OF
<L 20> NATURE TO MANKYNDE AND ALL THING TAKIS VERTU FORCE AND
STRENTHE AND FOULIS SUETELY SINGIS WITH THAIR MELODIOUS
ARMONY THAT ALL HERTIS THAT SAULE OR LYF HAS RESSAVIT
REJOYSIS IN THAT TYME OF FAIRE SUETE GLORIOUS AND FRESCHE
ANOURNEMENT THAT ALL THE ERDE IS ENOURNYT WITH OF
BEAUTEE WITH GRACIOUS BOUNTEE ANEIXT EFTER FOLOWAND
RYCHT AS A FAIRE AND LUSTYE SPOUSE THAT WAR ANOURNYT WITH
ANOURNEMENTIS OF FAIRE CLETHING IN HIR FRESCH ZONG AGE
AND OUR ALL GRATHIT WITH PRECIOUS JOWALIS UCHIS AND
BESANTIS AND STATELY ARRAY TO BE AND APPERE MARE FRESCHE
AND LUSTY THE DAY OF HIR MARIAGE AND MARE PLESAND TILL
HER LORDIS SICHT THE QUHILK SULD MARY HIR THE QUHILK IS
CALLIT THE PRIME TEMPS AND IS LYKNIT TO THE AYRE FOR CAUS
THAT IT IS HATE AND MOISTE AND IN THIS TYME THE BLUDE
OF MAN MOVIS IT AND PASSIS THROU THE CONDUYTIS OF THE
BODY TO ALL THE MEMBRIS AND MAKIS ALL THE CORS MARE
VERTUOUS AND MARE STRENTHY AS ALL OTHIR KYNDE OF BATHE
<L 37> FOULE FISCHE AND BESTE AND MAKIS GUDE COMPLEXIOUN
<P 129>
<L 1> AND THAREFORE SULD MEN IN THIS TYME OF ZERE ETE GUDE
TENDER METIS AS CHEKINYS AND EGGIS AND SYK LYCHT METIS
OF DEGESTIOUN AND NOCHT OUR MEKLE QUANTITEE FOR THAT
TYME IS HATE AND MOYSTE AND RESTORAND OF ITSELF BE
NATURE AND THAN SULD MEN DRYNK GAYTE MILK ON
MORNIS AND EFTER NANE DRYNK TEMPERIT DRYNKIS WITH
CALDE HERBIS WITH VYNAGER AS IS LETUS PURPY PENOTHIS
AND SYK LIKE AND IN THAT TYME IS GUDE TO TRAVAILE AND
GUDE TO LAT BLUDE IN BEST OF THE ZERE WITH COUNSALE OF
MEDICYNE ALSSUA IT IS RYCHT SPEDEFULL TILL HAVE THE
WAMBE THAN MOYSTE AND LAXATIVE AND THAN IS GUDE BATHING
AND SUETING IN TYMEIS DRYNK GUDE MANER OF DRINKIS
AND US GUDE SPICIS NOCHT OUR CONSTRICTIVES BOT LAXATIVES
AND NUTRITIVES AND HALD THE WAMBE AY MOISTE FOR IN
THAT TYME QUHAT EVER A MAN LES OF HIS BLUDE OR OF HIS
NATURE OR OF HIS LAXATIVES THE VERTUOUS SESONE WITH
GUDE NUTRIMENTIS AND GOVERNEMENTIS RESTORIS NATURALY
ALL AGAYNE
AND FIRST OF THE KYNDE OF THE SESOUN OF SOMER
<L 20> HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOURE THE KYNDE OF
(MARG) ( XXV CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 21> THE SESONE OF SOMER THAT IS QUHEN THE SONNE ENTERIS IN
A SIGNE THAT CALLIT IS THE CRAB FOR AS THE CRABBE GAIS
BE SEMBLAUNCE BACKWART SA DOIS THE SONNE FRA THYNE
FURTH DEUALIS AGAYNE BAKWART IN THE FIRMAMENT AND IT
ENTERIS AND BEGYNNIS THE ( XXIIJ ) DAY OF JUNII AND ENDIS
THE ( XXIIIJ ) DAY OF SEPTEMBER AND FRA IT ENTER THE DAYES
SCHORTIS AND THE NYCHT LENTHIS AND TAKIS OF THE DAY HIS
LENTHING THE SPACE THAT SOMER CONTENIS IS FOUR SCORE
AND ( XIJ ) DAYES ( XXIJ ) HOURIS AND A THRID PART OF ANE HOURE.
AND THAN BEGYNNIS DROUTHIS AND GRETE HETE OF SONNE TO
REGNE AND WYNDIS SOFTIS AND TEMPERIS THAN AND THAN
IS IT SPEDEFULL TO BE RESONABLE IN LATIS OF LUFING FOR ALL
NATURE IS THAN MARE DRAWAND TO HETE AND DROUTHIS NA ONY
<P 130>
<L 1> OTHIR TYME OF THE ZERE SERPENTIS THAN GENDERIS VENYM
THAN SPREDIS AND THAT TYME IS NATURAL DREY AND HATE AND
CLERE IN THE AYRE AND FRUYTIS AND HERBIS THAN FADIS AND
MENYS THAIR VERTUES AND IN THAT SESONE MEN SULD KEPE
THAME FRA ALL THING THAT IS HATE AND DRYAND IN ETING AND
DRINKING AND OTHIR GOVERNAUNCE FOR AFFERMES ALL THE
VERTUES OF CORPS NATURALE AND THAN SULD FOLK KEPE
THAME THAT THAI ETE NOCHT EXCEDANDLY FOR THE NATURALE
HETE OF THE STOMAK IS THAN WAYKAR NA OTHIR TYMES BE CAUS
THAT THE TYME IS HATE IT DRAWIS THE HETE FRA THE STOMAK
AND LEVIS IT MARE WAYKE OF VERTU DEGESTIVE AND THAN
SULD MEN ETE CULAND METIS AND DRINKIS AND MOISTE AND
NOCHT DRYAND WITH CULAND SALS OF VERT JUS OR VINAGER OR
SOUROKKIS AND THAN IS GUDE CALF FLESCH OR KID FLESCHE
FOULIS AND BERE CAFFIT OR WITH GROTIS AND KEPE THE THAN
FRA GRETE TRAVALIS THAT HETIS MEKLE AND ALS FRA BAITHING
AND BLUDE LATTING BOT THARE BE RYCHT GRETE MISTER.
AND SYNE OF THE THRID SESOUN THAT IS CALLIT HERVIST
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR OF THE THRID
(MARG) ( XXVJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 20> SESONE THAT IS CALLIT AUTUMPNE THAT WE CALL HERVIST THE
QUHILK BEGYNNIS QUHEN THE SONNE ENTERIS IN A SIGNE
CALLIT THE BALANCE THAT BEGYNNIS THE ( XXIIIJ ) DAY OF SEPTEMBER
AND LESTIS QUHILL THE ( XXIIJ ) DAY OF THE MONETH
OF DECEMBER THE QUHILK CONTENIS FOUR SCORE AND ( VIIJ )
DAYIS ( XXIIJ ) HOURIS AND THRE ( XV ) PERTIS OF ANE HOURE.
AND IN THAT BEGYNNYNG OF TYME THE NYCHT AND THE
DAY IS YLIKE LANG AND AY GROWIS THE NYCHT AND SCHORTIS
THE DAY TO THE END OF THAT TERME AND THE AYRE
WORTHIS CALD AND THE WYNDE SOURAR AND CUMMYS COMMOUNLY
OUT OF THE SOUTH AND THE TYME CHANGIS AND
WATERIS WANIS AND WELLIS STRYNDIS LESSIS AND ALL GROWTH
GAIS BAKWART AND ALL GRENESS AWAY GAIS AND HERBIS AND
<L 33> FLOURIS AND FUELLIS ROTTIS AND DRAWIS TILL A FADAND HEWE
<P 131>
<L 1> AND THE ERDE TYNIS HIS BEAUTEE AND THE TREIS THAIR
CLETHING AND THE FOULIS THAIR SINGING AND SEKIS TILL HATE
LANDIS AND WARMARE REGIONIS AND SERPENTIS ENTERIS IN
THAIR CAVERNIS THE EMOTIS GADERIS TO THAIR PROVISIONIS
FOR AGANIS THE WYNTER TO THAIR NESTIS THE QUHILK TYME
IS COMPERIT TILL ANE ALDE WYF GANGAND BAKWART IN THE
QUHILK TYME THARE HABONNDIS IN MEN A THING CALLIT
COLARE NYGRE THAT DRAWIS TO MELANCOLY AND THAN IS
SPEDEFULL TILL HAVE ALL GUDE METIS HATE AND MOYSTE
ANDE NUTRITYUES AND CONFORTAND NATURE AS FOULIS ZONG
MUTONIS AND CAPONIS PERDRIX AND PHESANDIS CALFIS
AND KIDDIS AND SIK GUDE KYNDIS OF METIS WITH GUDE
HATE SPICIS DRYNK GUDE ALDE WYNIS ETE RASYNIS AND
FIGIS WITH BREDE AND THAN SULD MEN TAK GUDE TENT
THAT THAI ETE NATHING THAT ENGENDERIS MALANCOLY OR
GRETE TRAVAILIS OF BODY NOYAND AND SPARANDLY DELE WITH
PARAMOURIS BOT ZIT MAY THAI THRE TYMES TAK MARE UNSCATHAND
NA IN THE HETE OF SOMER SESONE. AND THAN
IS SPEDEFULL TO MAK BATHIS AND STOVIS AND PURGE THE
<L 20> CORPS AND THE MEMBRES NATURALE MESURABILY WITH DRINKIS
OR VOMITIS GIF NEDE BE AND THOU FELE THY STOMAK FOULE
AND THAT SULD BE DONE IN THE HATAST HOURE OF THE
DAY FOR THAN SALL THE EVILL HUMOURIS BE FUNDYN TOGEDER
AND THAN AR THAI MAIST FLOWAND AND REDYAST TO
LOUS AND TO PAS OUT WITH LESSE PROVOCACIOUN NA OTHIR
TYMES AND AY HALD THE WAME ESY AND THAT WILL PURGE
ALL COLIS AND THAN SULD MEN ETE ALL THING THAT WAR
GUDE TO PURGE COLIS THAT IS MELANCOLY AND RESTREYNE
GUDE HUMOURIS AND THAN SULD MEN HAVE GUDE WARME
CLETHING AND GUDE FYRIS
AND SYNE OF THE NATURE OF THE WYNTER
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR THE PROPRIETEIS
(MARG) ( XXVIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 33> AND NATURE OF THE WYNTER SESONE WYNTER BEGYNNIS
<P 132>
<L 1> QUHEN THE SONNE ENTERIS IN THE SIGNE THAT MEN CALLIS
SAGITTARIUS THAT IS TO SAY THE BOWMAN OR THE SCHUTARE
THE QUHILK BEGYNNIS THE ( XXIIJ ) DAY OF DECEMBRE AND
LESTIS QUHILL THE ( XXJ ) DAY OF MARCHE AND THAN BEGYNNIS
THE NYCHTIS TO SCHORT AND THE DAYES TO LENTH AND
THAN IS GRETE FROSTIS AND CALDE WEDERIS AND THE
WYNDIS AR SCHARP AND SNELL AND SARE BYTAND AND
THAN ALL THE LEVIS FALLIS AND THE ERDE HELIS WITH SNAWIS
AND ALL VERDURE IS CORRUPT AND ALL BESTIS AND FOULIS
DRAWIS THAME TILL HOLIS AND BORIS AND LENTHING PLACIS
AND THE TYME IS MYRK AND BLAK AND THE AIR STROUBLIT
AND ALL THE VERTUES OF MANNIS CORPS AND BESTIS WORTHIS
WAYKARE AND FEBLARE AS ANE ALD WYF BLUDELAS BUT NATURALE
HEAT IN HIR IS CALDE AND DRY NAKIT AND TREMBLAND GRAY
AND GRETAND AND ALL FOR ELDE DRAWAND TO THE POYNT
OF DEDE AND THAT TYME THOUCHE IT BE CALDE ZIT IS IT
MOYSTE AND THAN SULD MEN ETE THE BEST METIS AND
DRINKIS THAT THAI MYCHT GET HATE AND MOISTE TO GENDER
GUDE BLUDE TO RECONFOURT NATURE AS FOULIS MUTONE
<L 20> FESANDIS PERDRIX CURLEUIS PAONIS PLUVARIS FAT CAPONIS
KYDDIS CONYNGIS WITH GUDE BREDIS SPICIS AND WYNIS
THE BEST MYCHT BE GOTTEN WITH FRITURIS OF EGGIS APPLEIS
AND PERIS FIGGIS RASYNIS DATIS ALMANDIS AND EVER
THINK ON TO HAVE GUDE ESY ISSU OF THE WAME AND
BLEDE NOCHT BUT OUR GRETE NECESSITEE NA TO TAK OUR
GRETE HABUNDAUNCE OF METIS TILL OURSET HIS HETE OF
NATURALE DEGESTIVE AND THAN SULD MEN HAVE GUDE
FYRIS TO HETE THE AYRE IN THAIR HABITACIONIS AND NOCHT
TO HALDE THAME OUR NERE THE FYRIS AND EFTIR BATHING
THOU SULD BE ANOYNTIT WITH UNGUEMENTIS RYALIS AS BALMIS
OR OTHERIS THE BEST MYCHT BE GOTTYN HATE LAID ON AND
FROTTIT FAST AND BATHE THE NOCHT IN OUR HATE WATERIS
HATAR NA THINE AWIN BLUDE. AND THAN WITH SYK GUDE
GOVERNAUNCE MANNIS NATURE BEGYNNIS AGAYN TO REVERT
AND ALL TREE HERBE AND BESTE THE VERTU BEGYNNIS TO
CUM IN THE RUTE AND THAN MAY MEN MARE TAK
<L 37> PLESAUNCE OF NATURALE COMPANY OF WOMNEN NA ONY OTHIR
<P 133>
<L 1> TYME OF THE ZERE WELE ETE AND WELE DRINK AND REST
AND BE BLYTHE AND MAK JOY FOR THAN IS THE NATURALE
HETE UNYT IN THE BODY AND  MAKIS MARE VERTUOUS DEGESTIOUN
NA ONY OTHIR TYMES AND THAN MAY A MAN ETE
FER MARE NA ONY OTHIR TYME OF THE ZERE FOR IN ALL
OTHIR TYMES THE HETE IS MARE AND SCAILIS THE NATURALE
HETE OUR ALL THE BODY AND LEVIS LESSE VERTU IN THE
STOMAK DEGESTIVE FOR QUHY IT MAY LESSE DEGEST ( ETC )
QUHAT THINGIS FATTIS OR LENYS MEN MAIST
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR QUHAT THINGIS
(MARG) ( XXVIIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 11> AR MAIST FATTAND AND QUHAT MAIST LENAND MEN OF KYNDIS
OF METIS SAYAND THUS TO ALEXANDER ALEXANDER FAIR SONE
IT IS A PRECIOUS THING TO BE OF GUDE ABSTINENCE AND TO
KEPE WELE DYETE FOR QUHEN A MAN KEPIS DYETE HE KEPIS
WELE HIS NATURALE HETE FOR QUHEN  NATURALE HETE IS WELE
TEMPERIT IN MAN THAN IS HE IN GUDE DISPOSICIOUN AND AT
ES OF HIS BODY FOR THOU SALL UNDERSTAND THAT BE TWA
WAYIS MEN FAILIS AND GAIS TO THE DEDE THAT IS TO SAY THE
TANE IS FOR ELDE THAT IN HIM NATURALY MON FAILZE AT THE
<L 20> LAST. THE TOTHIR IS BE ACCIDENTE THAT IS OUTHIR OF MISGOVERNAUNCE
OF EXCESS AND FOR MYSTEMPERIT COMPLEXIOUN
OR FOR BATAILL OR OTHIR MYSFORTUNYS OF FOREFAULTING THAT
MAN MAKIS TILL HIMSELF IN HIS GOVERNAUNCE AND ALSA
WIT THOU THAT THE MANNIS BODY IS NURIST AND FATTIT BE
THRE THINGIS PRINCIPALE THAT IS TO SAY BE PES AND REST AND
GUDE METIS AND DRYNKIS DELYTABLE AND PLESAUNT. AND
AS FOR ANE THE SUETE MYLK IS RYCHT GROWAND TO THAME
THAT USIS IT AND SYNE TO SLEPE EFTIR METE APON A SOFT BED
ALSSUA TO FELE GUDE SAVOUROUS GUSTIS AND SAVOURIS OF
HERBIS METIS AND SPICIS EFTER THE SESONE AND TO BATHE IN
FAIRE SUETE WATER RESONABILY TANE FOR OUR HATE WATER AND
OUR LANG TANE MAKIS THE CORPS LENE AND MELTIS THE FATNES
AWAY BE THE HATE EXCESSIVE. AND IN THAI BATHIS SULD BE
<P 134>
<L 1> GUDE PRECIOUS HERBIS AND WELE SAVOURAND IN THAIR SESONE.
THAT IS IN SOMER ROS AND OTHIR HERBES OF CALDE NATURE
AND IN WYNTER WITH HERBIS THAT AR OF HATE NATURE AND
MYCHT A MAN FYND THE WAY TO MAK VOMYTIS ANYS OR TWYS
EVERY MONETH IT WAR FULL SPEDEFULL AND NAMELY IN THE
SOMER TYME BUT GREVAUNCE OF THE STOMAK FOR SYK MANER
OF VOMYTIS PURGIS THE STOMAK WITH LESS WERING NA DOIS
PURGACIOUNIS THAT PASSIS THROU BE ART OF MEDICYNIS OF ALL
EVILL HUMOURIS FOR QUHILUM THARE HABONNDIS OUR MONY
AND IN OUR GRETE QUANTITEE AND QUHEN THAI AR LESSIT
BE VOMYTIS SOFTLY THE NATURALE HETE HAS MARE FORCE AND
VERTU DEGESTIVE NA QUHEN THARE IS OUR MEKLE HABOUNDAUNCE
OF HUMOURIS THAT FILLIS THE STOMAK THAT NA PERFYTE
DEGESTIOUN MAY BE MAID AND SPECIALY SYK VOMYTIS
SULD BE TANE QUHEN PRINCIS OR LORDIS WAR BLYTHE AND IN
GUDE BONES EFTER GRETE JOYE OR GRETE VICTORY OR GLORE OF
DISCONFITURE OF HIS INYMYES OR OTHIR WAYIS SEMBLABLE
AND THAT SULD BE WITH FOLK THAT HE HAS MAIST GRETE
FYANCE IN THAME AND THAN EFFERIS TILL A PRINCE AND
<L 20> RYCHT PROUFFITABLE IS TO BEHALDE FAIRE VISAGIS OF FOLK AND
CLETH HIM IN FAIR CLETHING HERE FAIRE AND GUDE ROMAUNCE
OF ALDE ANCESTRYIS AND STORYES OF BEST AND MAIST WORTHY
MEN HERE SYNGING AND MENSTRALSY WITH ALL BLYTHENES REDE
ON GUDE BUKIS HALD BLYTHE COLLACIOUN CHANGE OFT FAIR
CLETHING US UNGUEMENTIS OFT TYMES IN TYME CONVENABLE
AND TRAIST WELE THAT THIS GERRIS A MAN BE IN GUDE PLY
AND THE CONTRARY PUTTIS ALL OUT OF PLY AS THUS LYTILL ETE
OFT DRYNK AND MEKLE TRAVAILL AND LYTILL RESTING AND OFT TO
BE AT THE SONNE AND THE WYNDE AND MAK OFT AND FERR
VOYAGIS ON FUT MEKLE THRIST MEKLE HUNGER MEKLE WAKING
MEKLE MURNYNG MEKLE LANGING SLEPE BEFORE METE BOT HE
HAD WAKIT IN THE NYC T BEFORE SLEPE ON HARD BEDDING
IN FOULE CLATHIS HAVE EVILL CLETHING ON HIS BODY AND
UNLIKLY GRETE THOUCHTIS ANNOYOUS WITH DREDE OF DEDE
SCHAME OR POVERTEE BATHING IN EVILL OR FOULL WATERIS ETE
<L 36> SALT METIS DRYNK OUR ALDE DRYNK GA OUR OFT TO CHAMERES
<P 135>
<L 1> ESIS OUR OFT SUETE OUR OFT BLEDE OUR OFT HAUNT WOMMEN
HAVE HEVY HERT SAD AND DOLOROUS EVER THYNKAND AND
PENSYF AND EVER INCONTYNENT RADDOR AND DISES AND
TRAIST WELE THIR THINGIS MAKIS MEN LENE NOCHT THAN SUM
AR LENE OF THAIR NATURE BOT YPOCRAS GAVE A REUGLE
SAYAND THAT QUHEN A MAN IS RYCHT FULL HE SULD NUTHER
GANG IN BATHIS NA HE SULD NOCHT TAK GRETE TRAVAILE NA
HETE HIM NOCHT NA HE SULD NOCHT HAVE NA DALE WITH
WOMMEN IN THAT TYME NA RYN NA RYDE FAST AND ALS HE
FORBEDIS TO ETE FISCHE AND MYLK TOGEDER AND NAMELY
SALMONDE FOR GIF HE ESCAPIS MYSALRY HE SALL HAVE THE
QUHITE SPECHIS CALLIT MORPHEA AND RYCHT SA SULDE MEN
FORBERE WYNE AND MYLK FOR IT IS STOPPAND
HERE DECLARIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR ANE OTHER POYNT
OF MEDICYNE
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR ANE OTHIR
(MARG) ( XXIX CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 17> POYNT OF MEDICYNE TILL ALEXANDER KING. ALEXANDER FAIRE
SONE WE REDE HOW A MYCHTI PRINCE ASSEMBLIT A GRETE
MENZE OF MEDICINARIS AND PHYSICIENIS AND GERT THAME
<L 20> MAKE THAIR STUDYE TO COMPONE A MEDICYNE THAT HE SULD
US AND NEVER HAVE NEDE OF OTHIR QUHILL HE LYVIT AND
HE GERT ASSEMBLE ALL THE MEDICINARIS OF YNDE AND OF PERS
AND OF MEDE AND OF GRECE AND THE MEDICINARE OF
GRECE SAID THAT LAT A MAN TAK HIS MOUTH FULL OF CLENE
WATER TWYS HE SULD NEVER NEDE OTHIR MEDICYNE AND
THE PHISICIENE OF MEDE SAID THAT AND A MAN WALD ETE A
MOUTHFUL OF MYLLET HE SULD NEVER MYSTER OTHIR MEDICYNE.
AND ILK ANE OF THE TOTHIR SAID THAR VERDYT AS THAME
THOCHT BEST TO THAME BOT AS FOR ME I SAY THAT IT
SEMYS ME THAT A MAN THAT LYVIS SOBIRLY LYF AND EFTIR
SLEPIS HIS NATURALE SLEPE BUT GREF SA THAT IN HIS WAKENYNG
<L 32> HE BE NOCHT PAYSAUNT NA HEVY NA SLEPY THAN
<P 136>
<L 1> SULD HE NOCHT DOUT OF NO MALADY. AND SUPPOS HE ETE
IN THE SESONE EVERY DAY ( VIJ ) OR ( VIIJ ) BESAUNT WEICHT OF
RASYNIS THAT IS TO SAY ANE UNCE WEIGHT OF RASINS OF GUDE
RYPENES AND SUETENES HE SULD NOCHT DOUT NA MANER OF
WYS NA MALADY FLEUMOUS THAT SULD HURT HIS MEMOIRE NA
HIS WIT SULD BE WERRID NA HIS COMPLEXIOUN CHANGIT.
AND LAT HIM US THAT HE SALBE SEKER OF ALL MALADIES COMMOUNIS
FEVERES QUARTES NA OTHERIS AND WALD HE ETE
FIGUES WITH NUTIS IN THE MORNYNG WITH A LYTILL OF RUE HE
SULD HAVE NA DOUT OF VENYM THAT DAY AND TRAIST WELE
THAT THE MAN MAY NOCHT BE WITH GRETE PAYN SEKE RYF THAT
ETIS GUDE QUHETE BREDE AND GUDE LYCHT FLESCHE AND GUDE
UNVICIOUS WYNIS SA THAT HE US THAME SOBIRLY AND THAT HE
KEPE HIM FRA OUR MEKLE DRYNKING AND ETING AND OTHIR
EXCESS AS OUR GRETE TRAVAILL OUR GRETE HETE OUR GRETE CALDE
OUR MEKLE COMPANY OF WOMMEN AND GYF A MAN THOCHT
THAT WYNE WAR OUR STARK DRYNK TILL HIM AND HE WALD LEVE
IT AND DRYNK NO MARE OF IT HE SULD NOCHT LEVE IT AT
ANYS SUDAYNLY BOT HE SULDE LEVE IT LYTILL AND LYTILL IN THE
<L 20> BEGYNNYNG FRA STARK WYNE TO WAYKE WYNE FRA WAYKE
WYNE TO WYNE AND WATER FRA WYNE AND WATER TILL ALL
WATER OR CERVEIS OR OTHIR DRYNK THAT CHANGIT NOCHT HIS
COMPLEXIOUN SONE BOT THAT HE FELL NOCHT IN MALADYE FOR
THAT OCCASIOUN SUDANE O SOVERANE KING ALEXANDER
STUDY IN ALL MANERIS THAT THOU MAY TO KEPE THY NATURALE
HETE IN TO THY BODY FOR QUHILL NATURALE HETE AND  MOISTURE
IS IN THY BODY IN TEMPERANCE EVYNLY PAISSAND THE MANNIS
PERSONE IS IN HELE FOR MANNIS HELE CONSISTIS IN THIR TWA
QUALITEIS AND QUHEN THIR TWA AR FLEMYT OR DISCORDAND
OR ANE OF THAME EXCEDIS IN MANNIS PERSONE THAN IS THE
COMPLEXIOUN CHANGIT AND ALL THE NATURE CHANGIT AND
CORRUMPIT NATURE IN THE MAN MAKIS HIM TILL HAVE REPUGNAUNCE
IN HIS QUALITEIS THE QUHILKIS CUMMYS SUMQUHILE
FOR ACCIDENCE AND SUMQUHILE FOR BATAILLES OR MISGOVERNAUNCE
OF OTHIR THINGIS THAT CUMMYS BE FORTUNE AND NOCHT
BE NATURALE CONTRARIETEE OF COMPLEXIOUN <L 36>
<P 137>
<L 1> QUHAT KYNDIS OF METIS ARE BEST FOR MAN
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR QUHAT KYNDE
(MARG) ( XXX CAPITULUM FOL. 122 ) (END OF MARG)
<L 3> OF METIS AR MAIST EXPEDIENT FOR THE MANNIS PERSONE EFTER
THAIR NATURIS AND QUALITEIS AS THUS ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE
WIT THOU THAT OF METIS THARE IS SUM THAT IS SUTILE AND
OTHIR THAT IS RUDE AND OTHIR THAT AR MYDLINIS THE SUTIL
METIS ENGENDERIS GUDE BLUDE CLERE AND CLENE AND SUBTIL
AS CLENE QUHETE BREDE CHEKINIS WELE NURIST AND EGGIS OF
HENNIS THE ROYDE METIS AR GEVYN TO RUDE MEN AND
HATE OF COMPLEXIOUN TRAVAILAND QUHILKIS EFTIR GRETE
TRAVAILIS PLAYIS THAME AND SLEPIS EFTIR NONIS THE MYDLYNIS
METIS ENGENDERIS NA SUPERFLUITEIS OF EVILL HUMOURIS AS CALF
FLESCHE MUTONN GELDIT ZONG AND ELDER AND SYK MANERIS
OF FLESCHIS QUHILKIS QUHEN MEN ROSTIS THAME THAI AR HATE
AND DRY AND THARFOR SULD MUTOUN AY BE ETYN HATE
AND WITH GUDE SPICIS BOT THARE IS ANE OTHIR KYNDE OF
FLESCHE AS BEF AND YHOW MUTOUN OR GAYTE FLESCHE THAT
ENGENDERIS MELANCOLY NEUERTHELES THARE IS SUM OF THAI
BEF FLESCHE AND OTHERIS THAT QUHEN THAI AR OF A LITILL
<L 20> STATURE AND CORPOLENT AND ZONG AND FAT AND WELE NURIST
BE A RYVER SYDE OF TENDER HERBE LIGNYE OF HAIRE AND THIN
OF HYDE SYK FLESCHE OF COW OR CALF AR NATURALE AND GUDE
IN WODLAND UPBROCHT AND RYCHT SA IS IT OF FYSCHE FOR
SUM FISCHE IS NURIST IN WATER THAT IS MYNGGLIT FRESCHE AND
SALT AR MARE HELESUM NA OTHIR THAT IS GOVERNYT IN THE
GRETE SEE OR IN THE LYTILL WATERIS ALL FRESCH THAT AR OF
LIGNY SKYN NOCHT SLYMY AND QUHITE FISCHE OF TENDER
DEGESTIOUN AND NAMELY IN RYNNAND WATERIS NURIST AND
THE GRETTEST IS AY BEST OF FISCHE AND COMMONLY THE
BEST FISCHE HAS THE MAIST HARD SKYN AS IS GUEDDES
<L 31> PERCHIS BREMES LUSSIS RONGETTIS STURIS AND SYK LYKE
<P 138>
<L 1> OFF SUNDRY KYNDIS OF WATERIS AND THAIR NATURIS
HERE SPEKIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR OF SYNDRY KYNDIS
(MARG) ( XXXJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 3> OF WATERIS AND THAIR NATURE ALEXANDER FAIR SONE THAT
WATER IS OF HIS NATURE CALDE AND MOYSTE AND GYFIS NA
NURISING TILL MAN NA BESTE BOT HIS NATURE IS SUTILE AND
RYNNIS THROU THE CONDYTIS OF THE BODY AND REFRESCHIS THE
CONDICIOUN AND COMPLEXIOUN OF MEN AND CULIS THAME
THAT AR HATE AND TEMPERIS THAIR HETE AND TRAIST WELE
THAT WATER IS PROUFFITABLE TILL BATHE MAN AND BESTE HERBES
AND TREIS AND WIT THOU THAT ALL WATERIS BATHE SALT WATER
AND SUETE WATER CUMMYS OUT OF THE SEE THAT IS TO SAY THE
SALT WATER IS THE PROPRE ELEMENT AND THE FRESCHE WATER IS
UPLIFTIT FRA IT BE VERTU OF THE HEVIN AND DESCENDIS AGAYN
IN RAYN SNAW HAILE OR OTHIR MOISTURE AND RYNNIS IN THE
ERDE AND GENDERIS THIR FONTAYNES OF QUHILKIS CUMMYIS THE
RYVERIS OF FRESCHE WATERIS AND WIT THOU WELE THAT THE
MAIST LYCHT WATERIS AR AY THE BEST AND MAIST PROUFFITABLE
TO MANKYNDE AND THAI CUMMYS MAIST NERE CITEIS AND
TOWNIS THAT AR RYNNAND WATERIS CUMMAND OF RAYN QUHEN
<L 20> THE AIRE IS SUETE AND SANS BUT FUMOSITEIS CLERE AND FYNE
AND FAIRE SUETE AND LYCHT OTHIR WATERIS AR NATURALY
ENGENDERED UNDER ERDE WITHIN CRAGGIS AND CAVES IN THE
ERDE AMANG STANIS AND GRAVELLIS AND FULL OF GRETE FUMOSITEIS
AND SUM MAY BE KNAWIN BE THAIR WEICHT AND
HEWE AND BE THAIR SAVOURE AS BRYNTSTANE AND IN SYK
WATERIS AR OFT TYMIS ENGENDERIT SERPENTIS AND PADDOKIS
SNAKIS AND EVILL BESTIS VENYMOUS AND ALSA THE SLEPAND
WATERIS OF LOWIS BUT RYNNYNG OR OF DUBBIS OR SYPIS FRA
TOWNIS AND SYKLIKE WATERIS AR NOCHT HALESUM NA PROUFFITABLE
NA ZIT THE WATERIS THAT CUMMYS FRA MURIS AND MYRIS
AND MARRAIS AND THARFORE TO KEN GUDE WATERIS THIR AR
THE TAKENIS THE GUDE WATER IS IN GUDE PLACE TANE AS
BEFORE I HAVE SAID QUHITE AND CLERE WELE GUSTIT AND
<L 34> LYCHT AND SONE WILL BE HATE AND SONE CULE AGAYNE TO THE
<P 139>
<L 1> PROPRE KYNDE BOT EVILL WATERIS AR HEVY PAYSAND AND
EVILL HEWIT AND EVILL GUSTIT AND LANG TO TAK HETE AND
QUHEN THAI AR HATE LANGER HALDIS THAIR HETE AND THAI
AR BITTER AND BARKAND IN THE MOUTH AND DRYAND AND
SUELLAND IN THE BODY AND MAKIS MEKLE WAMBE TO BESTE OR
MAN THAT USIS THAME WATERIS OF PULIS AND DUBBIS AR HATE
IN SOMER AND DRY AND BYTTER FOR CAUS THAI RYN NOCHT AND
THE SONNE STRYKIS ON THAIM ALL THE DAY AND THARFOR
THAI ENGENDERIS EVILL COLLIS THAT BYNDIS MANNIS BODY AND
MISTEMPERIS IT OFT TYMIS GERRIS THE LONGIS CLEVE TO THE
RIBBIS OF CATALLE AND FOLK AND STOPPIS THAME WITHIN OUTHIR
IN LYCHTIS OR LYVER OR MELT ITEM THE WATERIS THAT CUMMYS
BETUIX LANDIS RYNNAND TAKIS THE NATURE OF THE LANDIS THAT
IT RYNNIS THROU IN SUM PERTY AND AR HATE AND SEKELY BE
THE UNKYNDE NATURE OF THE TERRESTREYTEIS OF THAME THAT
THAI TAK OF THAT ERDE AND WIT THOU ALEXANDER THAT IT IS
NOCHT SPEDEFULL TO DRYNK WATER ALLANE FOR AND THOU
DRYNK IT FASTAND IT SLOKIS THE NATURALE HETE OF THY STOMAK
AND DRYNK THOU IT APON THY METE IT GERRIS THE STOMAK
<L 20> THROU THE NATURE OF THE METE DRAW ANE UNKYNDELY HETE
THAT HINDERIS THE DEGESTIOUN AND GENDERIS EVILL FLEUMES
IN THE STOMAK AND DESTROYIS THE VERTU OF THE METE IN THE
STOMAK THAT HYNDERIS THE NATURE AND SPILLIS DEGESTIOUN
AND INDISPONIS THE STOMAK AND GIF THOU WILL DRINK
WATER DRINK IT WITH THY WINE AND DRYNK IT IN SOMER
ALL CALDE AND IN WYNTER HETE IT AND PUT IN THY WYNE
AND THAN IS IT CONFORTAND FOR HATE IN SOMER SOFTIS
THE STOMAK AND MAKIS IT MARE FEBLE AND HYNDERIS THE
DEGESTIOUN AND STROYIS THE APPETITE AND CALDE WATER
IN WYNTER SLOKIS THE NATURALE HETE OF THE STOMAK THAT
SULD MAK DEGESTIOUN AND GENDERIS STOPPING IN THE
BRESTE AND NOYIS THE LONGIS AND ENGENDERIS MONY
<L 33> MALADYES.
<P 140>
<L 1> OFF SUNDRY KYNDIS OF WYNIS AND THAIR NATURIS
(MARG) ( XXXIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 2> HERE SPEKIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR OF THE SYNDRY
KYNDIS OF WYNIS AND OF THAIR NATURIS AND PROPRIETEIS
EFTIR THAIR CONDICIOUNIS AND PLACIS OF THAIR GROUTH
ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE THOU SULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE
WYNE THAT GROWIS IN MOUNTAYNES AGANIS THE SONNE AR
MARE DRYAND AND OF DRY NATURE NA THE WYNIS THAT GROWIS
IN PLAYNE LANDIS OR MOYSTIS AND UNDER UMBRIS OF TREIS
AND THIR WYNIS THAT GROWIS THUS IN HYE LANDIS AR BETTER
NA THE TOTHIR FOR THAI WYNIS EXPELLIS THE SUPERFLUITEIS
OF NATURE AND HETIS BETTER THE STOMAK AND ALL THE BODY
NA DOIS THE TOTHIR KYNDE OF WYNE THAT IS OF CALDAR KYNDE
BOT THIR HATE WYNIS AR NOCHT GUDE FOR ZONG HATE MEN
OF HATE BLUDE ANDE TILL MEN THAT AR OF NATURE COLERYKIS
AND AY THE MARE THAT THE WYNE HAVE OF REDENES IN
SAMEKLE IS IT OF MARE VERTU TILL ENGENDER BLUDE NATURALE
AND AY THE MARE STARK IT BE THE MARE VERTUOUS IS IT TO
THAME THAT MAY BERE IT AND THAN IS IT CALLIT THE FIRST
BLUDE AND THE FIRST NURISCHING OF NATURE BOT HE THAT
<L 20> OUR LANG DRYNKIS AND OUR MEKLE TAKIS HE HYNDERIS HIS
NATURE AND STROYIS HIS COMPLEXIOUN AND QUHEN IT
IS OUR SUETE IT IS NOCHT SA DEGESTIVE AND ENGENDERIS
VENTOSITEIS BOT OF ALL WYNIS THE BEST AR THAI THAT
GROWIS BETUIX THE HYE AND THE LAWE IN MYDLYN ERDE
THAT IS NOUTHIR OUR HYE NA OUR LAW ERDE AND THAT THE
RASYNIS BE IN MYDLYN WAY OF SUETNES AND LATTYN RYSPE
QUHILL ALL THE BITTERNES AND SOURNES BE AWAY BE THE VERTU
OF THE SONNE AND THE HUMOURIS OF THE BARK AND THE
BITTERNES OF THE CURNIS AND GUDE COLOUR IS EVYN BETUIX
RYCHT REDE AND ZALOW THAT IS CLARET WYNE THAT IS MARE
HELESUM TILL ALL COMPLEXIOUN NOCHT OUR POIGNAND NA OUR
SUETE BOT DELYTABLE OF HEWE AND GUST CLERE BUT THE MODER
SCAILDE CHOSIN BE THE ODOUR COLOUR AND SAVOUR GROUND
AND NATURE AND GIF THOU HAPNNIS FAIRE SONE ALEXANDER <L 34>
<P 141>
<L 1> TO GET SYK MANER OF WYNE SE THAT THOU TAK SOBYRLY OF IT
EFTER THYNE AGE AND EFTER THE TYME OF ZERE AND THE DISPOSICIOUN
OF THE SESONE FOR SYK WYNIS CONFOURTIS THE
STOMAK AND HELPIS TO THE NATURALE HETE AND TO THE GUDE
DEGESTIOUN AND KEPIS THE STOMAK FRA ALL CORRUPCIOUN
AND GYDIS IT BETTER THROU THE WAYIS OF THE NATURALE
CONDYTIS AND SENDIS IT TO THE MEMBRIS OF THE BODY
QUHARE NATURE HAS ORDANYT AND CONVERTIS THE METIS
SONER IN SUBSTANCE AND BLUDE AND FLESCHE NA OTHIR
WYNE DOIS AND GERRIS IT SERVE BETTER TO THE NECESSITEIS
OF THE DISPOSICIOUN OF THE HARNIS WITH A TEMPERIT HETE
AND AMENDIS THE WIT AND THE MYNDE OF THE MAN AND
MAKIS A MAN MARE WYS AND SEURE IN HIS WITT WITH DISCRECIOUN
AND RESOUN AND BLITHIS THE HERT AND MAKIS
GUDE HEW VERMYLIOUN AND REDDIS THE RUTIS OF THE TONG
AND GERRIS A MAN SPEKE CLERELY AND REDLY AND PUTTIS
VANE THOUCHTIS FRA A MAN MAKIS MAN HARDY AND GEVIS
HIM GUDE APPETITE AND MONY OTHIR PROUFFITABLE THINGIS
DOIS THAT MANNIS WITT MAY NOCHT COMPREHENDE TO COUNT
<L 20> THAT RESOUN AND TEMPERAUNCE ACCORDIS AND QUHASA
EVER DRYNKIS WYNE IN OUR MEKLE HABUNDANCE THAROF
CUMMYS MONY MALADYES AND OTHIR MISGOVERNAUNCES FOR
IT STOPPIS THE WITTIS OF MAN AND HYNDERIS THE KNAULAGE
IT STROUBLIS THE HARNIS WAYKIS THE VERTUES NATURALE
CARPORALE AND SPIRITUALE AND LETTIS THE OPERACIOUNS OF
THE BODY AND MAKIS MAN TO BE UNTHOCHTFULL OF HIS
HONOUR AND PROUFFIT FORZETTAND AND HURTIS AND WOUNDIS
THE FYVE WITTIS THAT GOVERNIS THE MAN AND MAKIS HIM
ALL OTHIR IN HIS COMPLEXIOUN NATURALE AND GERRIS HIM
QUHILUM HIS MEMBRIS TREMBLE QUHILUM THAI ENGENDER
IN HIM OTHIR MALADIES INCURABELIES AND TAKIS FRA HIM
GUDE APPETITE AND MAKIS THE BODY WAYKE AND THE EYNE
WAYKE AND GOIRRY AND ILLUMYNIS THE FYRE TO BRYN THE
LIVER THROU THE COLIS THAT IS CALLIT BLACK COLLE IN LATYNE
( COLERA NIGRA ) AND MAKIS THE BLUDE OUR RUDE AND GRETE
<L 36> AND HEVY AND GERRIS HIS HERT BE OURSET WITH HEVY BLUDE
<P 142>
<L 1> QUHILK GENDERIS IN MAN RADDOUR SLOMBERING EFTER METE
WITH FANTASIES AND FLEYING IN DREMYS AND HEVYNES OF
MELANCOLY OF MISGOVERNANCE AND MISTEMPERANCE OF
METIS AND DRYNKIS QUHILKIS CORRUMPIS MANNIS NATURALE
SEDE QUHILKIS ENGENDERIS QUHILUM GENERACIOUN HABLE TILL
ALL MALADIES THROU ABHOMYNABLE GOVERNAUNCE OF THAIR
STOMAK BATHE TILL PERLESYIS MYSALRIES PODAGRIS CANKERIS
FESTRIES AND THARFORE SAIS THE MEDICINES THAT QUHASA
TAKIS OUR MEKLE OF THE STARK WYNE HE TAKIS ALS MEKLE
VENYM AND SA SULD ALL MEN KEPE THAME TO TAK OUR
MEKLE WYNE WHETHER IT BE GUDE OR EVILL FOR ALL NOYIS THE
NATURE FOR VENYM IS COMPERIT PROPERLY TO A SPICE CALLIT
REU BARBARIS THE QUHILK IS THE PROPRE HELE OF THE LIVER
QUHEN IT IS BRYNT WITH BLAK COLERIS BOT ZIT MAY MEN
TAK SAMEKLE OF IT THAT THAI MAY TAK THAIR DEDE QUHEN
THAI EXCEDE OUR OUTRAGEOUSLY AND ALSSUA IS GUDE
WYNE QUHILK IS CONSERVATOR OF MANNIS LYF AND HIS HELE
COMPERIT TO VENYM OF SERPENTIS AND OF EDDERIS OF THE
QUHILKIS IS MADE THE TRIACLE OF THE QUHILKIS IS MADE A
<L 20> GENERALE MEDICYNE TO HELE ALL MALADIES OF POYSOUN AND
VENYM SA PRECIOUS IS IT OUR ALL MEDICYNE AGAYN POYSOUN
AND VENYM BOT NOCHT GAYNSTANDAND THAT THE SERPENT
BERIS NOCHT ALL THE POYSOUN NA VENYM THAT ALL MEN THAT
AR POYSOUND AR POYSONND THROUCHE NOMARE DOIS THE
WYNE BOT QUHASA OUR MEKLE TAKIS OF THE WYNE QUHILK
IS LYF AND HELE TO MANKYNDE ZIT SALL IT BE TILL HIS NATURE
AS POYSOUNE TILL UNDO HIM ( ETC )
OFF BATHIS AND STUPHIS AND THAIR GOVERNAUNCE
AND PROUFFITIS
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE THE MANERIS OF BAITHIS AND
(MARG) ( XXXIIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 31> OF STOVIS FAIR SONE ALEXANDER WIT THOU WELE THAT
STOVING AND BATHING IS AS A MIRACLE OF CONSERVACIOUN OF
<P 143>
<L 1> MANKYNDE IN THIS WARLD QUHASA DOIS IT AT POYNT THE
QUHILK SULD BE MAID AND ORDANYT EFTER THE QUATER TEMPS
OF THE ZERE FOR THE CALD IS COMPERIT TO THE WYNTER AND
THE WARME AND THE MOISTE TO THE PRIME TEMPS THAT
IS CALLIT VER AND THE HETE TO THE SOMER AND THE DRY
TO THE HERVYST AND THARFOR THARE MON BE GRETE CONSIDERACIOUN
TO MAKE WELE A BATHIS OR A STOVIS FOR MEN
SULDE ORDANE FOUR CHAUMERIS, ILKANE BESYDE OTHIR BE
ORDER, OF THE QUHILKIS THE FIRST SULD BE CALLDE THE
SECOUND WARME, AS LEUKE HATE, THE THRID HATE, AND THE
FERDE DRY. AND QUHEN THE MAN SULD STOVE HIM, HE
SULD FIRST ENTRE THE FIRST CHAUMER, THAT IS CALDE, AND
SYNE TO THE TOTHIR, THAT IS WARME, AND SYNE TO THE HATE
AND WETE AND SYNE TO THE WARME AND DRY AND IN ILKANE
BYDE A QUHILE BE ORDRE THAT SUDAYNLY HE WAR NOCHT
OUR TANE WITH UNKYNDELY HETE OR CALDE THAT WALDE PUT
HIM IN A MISTEMPERANCE PERILOUS AND WITH THAT HE
SULD NOCHT SUDAYNLY PASSE OUT BOT BE ORDRE FOR QUHEN
MAN PASSIS SUDAYNLY FRA GRETE HETE TO GRETE CAULDE, HE
MAY NOCHT FAILZE TO FALL IN ANE INCONVENIENT AND
<L 21> TRAISTIS WELE SYK THING SULDE BE MAID IN A HATE PLACE
QUHARE THARE WAR GUDE AYER AND THAT IT HAD A GRETE
FOURNAS GEVAND THE HETE INWARDE BOT YE MOUTH OF IT
SULD BE FRAWART THE PLACE OF THE STOVE TO SEND THE LOWE
FRA THE STOVE. AND IT SULD BE LAWE SETT NERE A WATER
OF FRESCH WATER. AND THARE SULD BE FAIR HERBARIS WITH
HERBIS OF DIVERS NATURIS FAIRE AND VERTUOUS GAYNAND FOR
BATHIS EFTER THE SESONE OF ILKE BATHING AND STOVING
TIME. AND EFTER THE STOVING AND BATHING, MEN SULD
SYTT ON FAIRE BYNKIS ON THAI HERBERIS AND OURSTRYNKLIT
WITH ROS WATERIS HIS FACE AND HANDIS AND TEMPLIS AND
FROTTIT AND RUBBIT HIS FETE AND HIS HANDIS AND OTHIR
PARTIES OF HIS BODY AT HIS DESYRE AND APPETITE WITH
A FAIRE LYNNYN TOWALE APON A FAIR FUT SCHETE QUHITE AND
CLENE AND SA SULDE HE GANG IN THE WATER AND WESCH
<L 36> HIM AGAYN OF ALL THAI SUPERFLUITEIS AND SA PAS ORDIRLY
<P 144>
<L 1> FRA CHAUMER TO CHAUMER QUHILL HE BE WELE CULIT OF HIS
GRETE HETE AND SYNE EFTER AT THE LAST TYME HE SULD EFTER
ALL HIS STOVING AND WESCHING BE KEMBYT HIS HAIRE AND
HIS BODY ANOYNT WITH SUETE BALMES OR OTHIR UNGUEMENTIS
PRECIOUS AND CONVENABLE GAYNAND FOR THE
SESOUN AND AY QUHILL HE BE WELE CULIT AT HIS ESE, HE
SULD OCCUPY HIM IN SYK DELICIOUS ESEMENTIS AND CULAND
SPICIS QUHILL HE WAR CULIT AT ALL ESE. AND GIF HE WAR
BE ONY CAS OUR CALDE, HE SULD US A SEROP CALEFACTIFF AND
OF ANE ELECTUARE MUSTAKIT. AND SYNE EFTER THOU SULDE
TAK A LYTILL LICHT REPAST OF DEGESTABLE METE, AND DRINK
OF A FYNE SMALL PLESAND WYNE TEMPERIT WITH WATER, AND
SYNE PAS TILL A FAIRE BED, WELE GRATHIT WITH SAVOUROUS
CLATHIS AND CLENE AND SLEPE A GUDE FULLY SLEPE A GUDE
LANG QUHILE. FOR SYK GOVERNAUNCE RESTORIS AGAYN THAT
THOU HAS TYNT IN SUETING. AND SYNE EFTER THAT ALL THE
REMAYNAND OF THE DAY THOU SULD CONVERT IN JOY AND
SOLACE AND BLYTHNES AND IN REPOS FOR THAT DAY IS
ORDANYT FOR A DAY OF BLITHNES AND ESE OF BODILY HELE
<L 20> AND RESTORING OF NATURE AND TO PURGE THE CORPS AND
THE BLUDE FRA PERILIS THAT MAY FALL FOR EXCESS IN TYME
BYGANE, AND MISGOVERNAUNCE OF MANNIS PERSONE. BOT
QUHEN THOU ART ALDE AND WAKAR OF NATURE THOU SULD KEPE
THE THAT THOU BYDE NOCHT SA LANG THAREIN. BOT TAK EFTER
THY QUALITEE THY REFLECTIOUN AND PURGACIOUN. AND GYF
A MAN BE WAYKE AND ALDE IT MAY SUFFICE HIM TO BE
THAREIN QUHILL HE HAVE SUETT A LYTILL AND SYNE WESCHIN
HIM. AND GYF A MAN BE CORSSY AND FLEMMATYK KEPE
HIM THAT HE GA NOCHT THAREIN EFTER METE BOT AY FASTAND
THAT HE HAVE NOUTHIR ETYN NA DROUNKYN ( &C )
QUHAT JUSTICE EFFERIS TILL A PRINCE OR A KING
(MARG) ( XIIIJ CAPITULUM ) FOL. ( 124 ) (END OF MARG)
<L 32> HERE SPEKIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR OF JUSTICE THAT
EFFERIS TILL A PRINCE. ALEXANDER, FAIRE SONE, THOU SULD
<P 145>
<L 1> UNDERSTAND THAT THE VERTU OF JUSTICE IS THE FAIREST VERTU
THAT IS IN A PRINCE AND ANE OF THE PROPRIETEIS OF THE
HYE AND GLORIOUS ALMYCHTI GOD. AND THARFORE SULD
NA REALMES BE GEVIN IN GOVERNAUNCE TO NANE BOT TO
THAME THAT WAR FULFILLIT OF VERTUES TO GOVERNE THE PEPLE
AND NAMELY IN TO JUSTICE. AND PROPRELY TO THAME THAT
GOD HAS STABLIST TO THE GOVERNAUNCE OF THE PEPLE AND
CHOSYN AS HE THAT MAY AND CAN BE ABONE HIS DEDIS
AND CHARGIT TILL HIS GOVERNAUNCE OF HIS PUPLE THAT
BATHE CAN MAY AND WILL BATHE KEPE AND DEFENDE AND
MANETENE HIS GUDIS HIS WERKIS AND DEDIS AND HIS
SUBJECTIS AS DOIS GOD HIM SELF, IN ALL CHARITEE, LAUTEE,
JUSTICE AND EQUITEE. AND THARFORE IS A KING LYKNYT
TO GOD, FOR HE IS AS DEPUTE AND MYNISTER TO GOD, AND
SULD FOLOW HIM AND BE LYKE HIM, AND CONFORME HIM
TILL HIM IN ALL HIS DEDIS OF JUSTICE VERTU AND VERITEE.
FOR ALL THE GOVERNAUNCE AND ORDINAUNCE OF THE WARLD
IS GOVERNYT, MANETENYT AND UPHALDYN BE JUSTICE IN
PERFYTE ORDRE OF EQUITEE, LUFE AND CHARITEE. AND ALSSUA
<L 20> HEVYN AND ERDE WAS MAID AND ORDANYT THROU JUSTICE.
AND BE JUSTICE THE KINGIS AND PRINCIS AR ORDAYNIT TO
GOVERNE REALMES AND PEPLE FOR JUSTICE OURCUMMYS ALL
OTHIR THINGIS AND SAVES THE SAULES AND THE BODYES OF
ALL CREATURIS FRA VICE AND CORRUPCIOUN. FOR JUSTICE IS
THE FOURME AND THE FOUNDEMENT THAT GOD THE GLORIOUS
HAS SETT TO GOVERNE ALL HIS CREATURIS TO DRAWE THAME
TILL HIM AT THE LAST. AND THARFORE SULD ALL PRINCIS AND
KINGIS FOLOW HIS STEPPIS AND SETT THAME TO CONFORME
THAME TILL HIS CONDICIOUNIS. FOR, AS SAIS THE MEN OF
YNDE, A KING THAT REGNIS IN JUSTICE, EQUITEE AND LAUTEE
IS PROUFFITABLE TILL HIS PEPLE, FOR OF HIM CUMMYS PLENTEE
AND WELTH, IN HIS REALME. AND ZIT THAI SAY MARE, THAT
A JUST KING IS BETTER NA THE DEW OF THE NYCHT THAT
GERRIS THE FRUYTE AND CORNE GROWE FOR HE SAUVES BE
JUSTICE BATHE THE GUDIS AND MENNIS LYFIS AND THE DEW
BRINGIS BOT THE TANE, THAT IS TO SAY THE FRUYTIS. ITEM,
THE PEPLE OF YNDE GERT PUT IN WRITT, THAT A KING RYCHT <L 37>
<P 146>
<L 1> WYS AND JUST MAY BE COMPERIT THE WIT OF MAN, FOR AS
WIT OF MAN, THROU HIS DISCRECIOUN, DISCERNIS BETUIX ALL
CAUSIS AND JUGIS THE RYCHT SA SULD A RYCHTWYS KING.
AND ALSSUA, ALEXANDER, THOU SULD UNDERSTAND THAT THARE
IS TWA MANERIS OF JUSTICE: THAT IS, ANE OPYN ANE OTHIR
COVERT. JUSTICE CLERE AND OPYN THAT IS IT THAT APPERIS
IN DEDE AND WERKIS LELELY AND JUSTLY PAYSIT, WITH A
GUDE WIT AND UNDERSTANDING. THE TOTHIR, COVERT JUSTICE
IS IN A GUDE JUGIS MYNDE AND IN HIS HERT NOCHT SCHAWIN
OUT, THAT IS VERITEE AND LAUTEE THAT LURKIS IN HIS HERT,
THAT APPERIS NOCHT OUTWART TO MANNIS SYCHT BOT QUHEN
HIM LYKIS TO SCHAWE IT, HIS JUST AND RYCHTWYS WORDIS.
AND SYK A PRINCE AS THIS, THAT HAS BATHE JUSTICE IN
HERT AND IN DEDE, RESEMBLIS AND IS LYKE TO THE GLORIOUS
GOD ALMYCHTY. AND QUHAT PRINCE OR KING THAT HAS
NOCHT THIS SOVERANE VERTU IN DEDE AND IN HERT, HE IS
NOCHT KING NA PRINCE BOT HE IS CONTRARIOUS TO KINGIS
AND PRINCIS. FOR PROPRIETEE IS TO KING OR PRINCE TO BE
JUST, OR ELLIS HE DECLYNIS FRA THE PROPRIETEE OF PRINCEHEDE,
AND FRA THE GLORIOUS GOD OF QUHAM HE TUKE THAT
<L 21> OFFICE. AND WARYID IS OF HIS PEPLE SUPPOS HE WATE IT
NOCHT, AND WENAND TO BLYNDFELL GOD WITH FALS SEMBLAUNDE
OF JUSTICE, WENAND TO GER HIS PEPLE TROW THAT
HE WAR RYCHTWYS, NOCHT DOAND THE RYCHT WERKIS. AND
ZIT IS THARE ANE OTHIR MANER OF JUSTICE BETUIX A MAN
AND HIS CREATOURE GOD ALMYCHTY THAT IS DEFERRIT QUHILL
THE UTEREST TERME QUHILK JUSTICE MEN SULD NOCHT
FORZETT, AND THAI BE WYS. AND THARFORE, FAIRE SONE,
ALEXANDER, DO JUSTICE IN THIS WARLDE HERE, AND THOU SALL
FYND IT BEFORE THE THARE IN THE WARLDE OF WARLDIS. FOR
QUHEN THOU KEPIS JUSTICE AMANG THY SUBJECTIS, THOU DOIS
TO THY SELF, AND TO THY SOVERANE LORD GOD ALMYCHTY
THE QUHILK SALL MAK INTERROGACION OF ALL PRINCIS DEDIS
OF JUSTICE STRAYTELYAR NA OF OTHIR MENNIS DEDIS, AND
PRINCIS SAL BE FER SAIRAR PUNIST OF THAIR FAULTIS.
<P 147>
<L 1> HOW A KING OR A PRINCE SULD KEN HIM SELF
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW A MAN
(MARG) ( XXXV CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 3> SULD KEN HYM SELF, AND NAMELY A PRINCE, AND HOW HE
THAT KENNIS WELE HIM SELFF KENNIS WELE ALL OTHIR THINGIS
OF THE WARLD, AS THUS ALEXANDER, FAIRE SONE, GIF THOU
WILL KNAW ALL THINGIS, AND ALL SCIENCE AND ALL VERITEE,
THOU MON FIRST WIT HOW NOBLE AND HOW WORTHY THY
SAULE IS AND THY LYF , SA THAT THOU COUD GOVERNE IT AND
LEDE IT THE WAYIS QUHARE IT SULD PASSE BE RYCHT AND
RESOUN, AND TO THE END QUHARETO IT IS ORDANYT. AND
QUHEN THOU SALL HAVE KNAULAGE OF THIS, THOU SALL LYCHTLY
KNAW ALL OTHIR THINGIS THAT THOU LYKIS TO WITT. AND
FYRST THOU SULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE GRETE GOD MAKARE
AND GOVERNOURE OF ALL THINGIS HAS GEVIN TO MAN AND
WOMAN THAIR ( V ) WITTIS TO GOVERNE THAIM WITH AND TO
KNAW ALL ERDELY THING. AND THUS COUNSALE I THE, THAT
FOR THE GOVERNAUNCE OF THY CONTREE, THAT THOU HAVE
FYVE SOVERAINE BAILLIES GOVERNOURIS UNDER THE, AND FYVE
COUNSAILOURIS SEVERALIE DEVISIT, ILKANE BESYDE OTHIR.
<L 20> BOT EVER HALDE IN THY HERT THY SECRETE THINGIS THAT
THOU THINKIS TO DO, AND SCHAW IT NEVER TO NANE OF
THAME, NA LETE NOCHT THAT THOU WALD ASK COUNSALE AT
THAME, NA LAT THAME NEVER HAVE A FELE IN QUHAM THOU
FYES THE MAIST, NA QUHAIS COUNSALE OF THAME THOU WALD
EREST TRAIST IN AND FOLOW TO DO, FOR AND THOU DO THAT,
THE LAVE SALL PRIS THE THE LESSE, AND LUFE THE, THE WER.
AND ALS THAT MAN THAT WIST THAT THOU WALD MAIST FOLOW
HIS COUNSIL SULD PRIDE HIM THAREIN, AND PERAVENTURE
RUS HIM THAROF, AND THOU SULD BE THE MARE LYCHTLYIT
AND LESSE LATTYN OF IN ALL THY CONTREE. BOT ASK THAIR
OPYNIOUNIS AND HERE GLADLY ILKANE OF THAME BE THAME
SELF SEVERALY, AND TRETE INTO THY HERT AND CAST ALL THAIR
COUNSAILIS ILKANE TILL OTHIR IN THY MYNDE, AND WEY
THAME AS THOU THINKIS THE CAUS REQUERIS, WITH THAIR
<L 35> JUGEMENTIS AND OPYNIOUNIS. AND SYNE CHESE BE THYNE
<P 148>
<L 1> AWIN WIT THE BEST, OR AT THE LESTE THE LYKLIEST FOR THY
PROUFFIT AND THE COMMOUN PROUFFIT OF THY REALME. AND
TO THAT,  SAIS THE WYS PHILOSOPHOUR HERMOGENES, THAT THE
COUNSALE OF HIM THAT GEVIS THE COUNSALE, THE QUHILK
IS DONE AND PUT IN EXECUTIOUN IS BETTER AND HIS WIT
MARE PRISIT NA HIS WIT THAT ASKIS THE COUNSAILE AND HIS
JUGEMENT MARE COMMENDIT. AND THE CAUS QUHY IS BE
CAUS THAT HE ORDANIS HIS DEDIS EFTIR THE COUNSALE THAT
IS GEVIN HIM, AND NOCHT BE HIS AWIN WITT. AND THAN
MAY ALL MEN SEE THAT HIS DEDE HINGIS IN THE COUNSAIL
OF THAT MAN AND NOCHT IN HIM SELF. AND THUS THE
CONCLUSIOUN OF HIS JUGEMENT SULD DEPEND APON OTHERIS
NA HIM SELFF, QUHILK WAR A LAK TILL HIS HONOURE AND
MYSPRISING TILL HIS WITT. AND THARFORE, QUHEN THOU
ASKIS AT THY COUNSAILOURIS THAIR OPYNIOUNIS, IT IS LOVING
THAT THOU HERE THAME DILIGENTLY AND SEVERALIE ILKANE
EFTER OTHIR IN THY PRESENCE, AND MELLE NOCHT THAIR SAWIS
TOGEDER, NA LAT NANE OTHIR PERSONE CUM AMANG THAME
IN THE TYME, BOT ANERLY THAME SELF. AND TAK GUDE
<L 20> TENT WITH ALL THY DILIGENCE QUHAIS SAWIS ACCORDIS TOGIDDER
AND QUHAIS DISCORDIS, AND IN QUHAT POYNTIS.
AND TAK THAT WITH THE IN WRYTT AND LAT IT DEGEST IN
THY MYNDE. AND MEND IT GIF THOU CAN BETTER TO THY
PURPOS. AND SYNE THOU SALL ASSEMBLE THAME AGAYN
QUHEN THOU ART AVYSIT AND GEVE OUT THY CONCLUSIOUN.
ANDE THUS SALL THY WIT BE COMMENDIT, AND THOU LOVIT
AND DOUBTIT. AND GIF IT BEFALLIS THAT THAI ALL TOGEDER,
BE ANE ACCORDE, GEVE THE A SUDAYN ANSUERE, THAN SULD
THOU FURTHWITH MISLOWE THAT ANSUERE, AND SETT IT AT NOCHT,
BE GUDE RESOUNIS THAT THOU HAS STUDYIT IN THAT ILKE
MATER BEFORE, OR THOU PUT IT IN THAIR QUESTIOUNIS, FOR
SUDAYN ANSUERE MYCHT NEVER BE GUDE. AND THUS SALL
THAI BE BETTER AVYSIT, AND TAK LAYSER TO ANSUERE THE
MARE MURELY AND RYPLY ANE OTHIR TYME AND NOCHT
ANSUERE SA HASTILY. AND THAI AND ALL OTHERIS SALL LOVE
THE MARE AND PRIS THY WISDOME AND HALD THE FOR THE
MAIST DISCRETE AND WYS MAN OF ALL THY COUNSALE. AND <L 37>
<P 149>
<L 1> THUS QUHEN THOU HAS PROVIT THAME LANG AND KNAWIN
THAIRE COUNSAILE GUDE AND TREWE BATHE IN WORD AND
DEDE, GER HALDE THAME AS SYK WYS MEN, AND DO THAME
HONOUR AND PROUFFIT. BOT SCHAW NEVER THAME THY
PURPOS, NA THE OPYNIOUN THAT TO THY PURPOS MAIST ACCORDIS,
QUHILL THOU MAK IT KNAWIN IN DEDE BE EXECUCIOUN.
BOT EVER THINK ON DILIGENTLY, AND BERE WITH
THE AWAY QUHA BEST CONTINEWIS IN HIS TREW AND GUDE
COUNSAILE UNFEYNYNGLY AND GAIS THE MAIST RYCHT WAY,
AND HE THAT TUICHIS NEREST THE QUHITE AND BEST GAIS
NERE THE MERCHE. AND BE THAT SALL THOU KNAWE QUHA
BEST LUFIS THE AND THE PROUFFIT OF THY REALME, AND THYNE
HONOR AND THY GUDE GOVERNAUNCE. AND QUHEN THOU
HAS LANG PROVIT THAT PERSONE AND FYNDIS HIM EVER TRAIST,
THAN MAY THOU MARE SEURLY AND TRAISTLY, AND HARDILY
COMMYTT THYNE HONOUR IN HIS CURE, AND IN HIS COUNSAIL
TRAIST, AND MARE NA ONY OF THE LAVE THAT THOU FYNDIS
NOCHT SA TRAIST, NA SA RYPE WITTIT, SA HYE SETT FOR THINE
HONOURE AND SA DILIGENT. BOT OF NA PRYS LAT THAME
<L 20> NEVER WIT QUHAM THOU TRAISTIS MAIST, NA MAIST LUFIS, NA
PUT NOCHT THE TANE OF THAIR COUNSAILIS IN COMMENDACIOUN
OPINLY FURTHERLYAR NA THE TOTHIR, FOR THAT SALL RAIS
ENVY AND DESPYTE. BOT HALD THAME EVYNLY TOGEDER AND
HONOURE THAME AT ALL THY GUDELY POWER, FOR THARE IS
NANE SA REDY DESTRUCTIOUN NA FRETING OF A KINGIS HONOUR,
AND THE DESTRUCTIOUN OF HIS REALME AS TO WYRK THE
CONTRAIR OF THIS THAT I HAVE SAID THE. AND TRAIST WELE,
QUHEN THI COUNSAILOURIS HAS ILKANE ENVY AT OTHIR THY
WORSCHIP IS IN WERE, AND THE DESTRUCTIOUN OF THE AND THY
REALME APPROACHIS NERE. FOR QUHEN THAI HAVE ENVY ILKANE
APON OTHIR, THAN SALL THAI SETT ILKANE FOR OTHERIS UNDOYING
SECRETLY GIF THAY DAR NOCHT OPYNLY. AND THAN SALL ALL THE
LAVE, BOT THAT ANE OR TWA THAT THOU FOLOWIS THAIR COUNSAILE
HATE THE DEDELY. AND THUS GENDERIS DIVISIOUN, AND
EFTER DIVISIOUN DESOLACIOUN, FOR THAN SALL THAI FYND OCCASIOUN
OF MALICE AND OF FEDIS, QUHILK SALL STROUBLE THE AND
<L 37> THY REALME, AND BRING IT SONE DOUNE TO DESTRUCTIOUN.
<P 150>
<L 1> HOW KINGIS AND PRINCIS SULD GOVERNE BE GRETE
COUNSALE
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW PRINCIS
(MARG) ( XXXVJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 4> AND KINGIS SULDE EVER GOVERNE THAME BE GRETE COUNSALE,
AND GEVE NEVER ALL THAIR FULL POWER NA COMMISSIOUN TILL A
MAN ANERLY, AND QUHAT CONDICIOUNIS AND VERTUES COUNSAILOURIS
SULD HAVE, AND HOW PRINCIS SULD PREVE THAIR
COUNSAILOURIS OR THAI TRAIST ALLUTERLY IN THAME, SAYAND
THUS ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE THOU SULDE UNDERSTAND THAT
THE JUGEMENT OF A MAN FOLOWIS HIS CORPS FOR QUHY EFTER
AS THE MAN IS OF BETTER NATURE, OF BETTER WITT AND OF BETTER
COUNSALE SA IS HIS VERTU JUDICATIVE MARE WORTHY. THE
QUHILKIS VERTUES GUDE WIT AND OTHIR GUDE COMPLEXIOUN
AND PROPRIETEIS CUMMYS OF THE INFLUENCIS OF THE HEVYN
EFTER THE KYNDE AND THE NATURE OF CONSTELLACIOUN OF THE
FIRMAMENT AND THE DISPOSICIOUN OF THE PLANETIS AND
CONJUNCTIOUN OF THE SIGNES CELESTIALES THE QUHILKIS SULD
DILIGENTLY BE TANE TENT TILL THE DAY OF THE NATIVITEE OF
MAN. FOR THE BODY OF THE PERSONE THAT IS BORNE FOLOWIS
THE NATURE OF THE BODY OF THE STERNIS AND PLANETIS THAT
<L 21>CONCURRIS IN HIS NATIVITEE AND ENCLYNIS THE PERSONE AND
DISPONIS HIM TO FOLOW THE NATURE OF THAME ANDE HELPIS
HIM MANETENIS HIM AND FURTHERIS HIM TO GOVERNE THAREFTER.
AND SUPPOS THE FADER AND THE MODER WALD INDUCE
HIM AND THRAW HIM TO THE CONTRAIR GOVERNAUNCE AGAYN
HIS NATURALE CONSTELLACIOUN IT WALD BE FOR NOCHT FOR WE
HAVE IN BUKIS ANE EXAMPLE OF A PHILOSOPHOUR THAT HAPNYT
TO HERBRY IN A WEBSTARIS HOUS AND THAT NYCHT WAS
BORNE A BAIRNE BE THE CONSTELLACIOUN OF THE QUHILK
BARNIS NATIVITEE THE PHILOSOPHOUR JUGIT HIM TO BE SUBTILE
OF ENGYNE WIS AND OF HYE UNDERSTANDING AND OF GRETE
UNDERTAKING RYCHT CURTAIS AND LUFIT WITH PRINCIS AND CUM
TO GRETE HONOUR THE QUHILKIS HE WALD NOCHT DISCOVER TO
NOUTHIR FADIR NA MODER OF THE BARNE AND QUHEN THE
<L 35> BARNE WAS CUMMYN TILL AGE THE FADER AND THE MODER WALD
<P 151>
<L 1> HAVE LERIT HIM THAIR CRAFT AND DANG HIM OFT RYCHT SARE
THARETO BOT IT WALD NEVER BE. ANDE SA LETE THAI HIM TILL
HIS AWIN WILL. AND THARE THE BARNE BECOME AMANG WIS
MEN AND DREW HIM EFTER HIS CONSTELLACIOUN TO LARE OF
WIT AND WISDOME AY THE LANGER THE MARE. AND AT THE
LAST SAMEKLE WAS HE PRISIT THAT HE WAS COUNSAILOUR TO THE
KING PRINCIPALE. AND RYCHT IN THE SAMYN WYS WAS THARE
A SONE OF THE KINGIS OF YNDE, THE QUHILK WAS BORNE UNDER
SYK A PLANET AND UNDER SYK A CONSTELLACIOUN OF THE
FIRMAMENT THAT NOCHT GAYNSTANDAND THAT HE HAD MONY
WIS AND VERTUOUS MAISTERIS HE WALD NEVER LERE VERTU NA
NEVER SETT HIS CURE NA HIS BESYNES THARETO, SYK WAS HIS
INCLINACIOUN NATURALE BOT ALLUTERLY SETT HIS HERT AND HIS
STUDY TO BE A FORGEARE AMANG HAMBER MEN OFF THE QUHILK
THE KING WAS MEKLE AMERVAILIT AND MEKLE DISPLESIT AND
SPERIT AT THE PHILOSOPHOURIS QUHY THIS WAS. AND THAI
SAW BE HIS NATIVITEE THAT IT CUM OF HIS COMPLEXIOUN AND
NATURALE INCLYNACIOUN OF HIS CONSTELLACIOUN AND THAT HIM
BEHOVIT BE LATTYN ALLANE AND TO PASSE TILL HIS NATURALE
<L 20> INCLINACIOUN AND ZIT WE SE DAYLY SA HAPPIN THAT PRINCIS
HAS BARNIS ENCLYNIT ALL TO RUDENESS AND BUSTOUSNES AND
EVILL CONDICIOUNIS. AND PURE MEN HAS BARNIS THAT
CUMMYS TO GRETE PERFECTIOUN AND HONOR. AND THARFOR
KEPE THE WELE ALEXANDER, THAT THOU DESPIS NOCHT A MAN
FOR HIS LAW BIRTH SA HE BE VERTUOUS NA CHES NANE TO THY
COUNSALE AND TO THY GOVERNAUNCE NA OTHIR SERVICE FOR HIS
HIE BIRTH BOT THARE BE VERTU FOLOWAND. AND OF QUHAT
PARTIES THAT EVER HE BE SA THAT HE BE VERTUOUS AND LELE
AND TREWE LUFAND GOD AND LAUTEE AND GUDE THEWIS AND
LEVE EVILL VICIS AND FLEE EVILL COMPANY LUFAND LAW AND
JUSTICE AND DRAW TO WYS MEN SYK MEN AR PROUFFITABLE
FOR THE. AND KEPE WELE ALEXANDER THAT THOU DO NA
THING SA REKLESLY THAT IT NEDE TO BE DONE AGAYNE THAT GRETE
MATER TOUCHIS FOR THAT IS REPROVABLE IN A PRINCE BOT DO
ALL THING BE RYPE COUNSAILE. AND THAN GIF IT BEFALLIS TO
GA NOCHT EVIN AND BEHUFIS TO BE DONE AGAYNE THOU HAS
NOCHT THE WYTE AND THARFOR DO NA GRETE THING BUT <L 37>
<P 152>
<L 1> COUNSAILE, AND THAT BE DONE SECRETELY BUT PROCLAMACIOUN
OR BRUTE QUHILL THE DEDE SCHAW IT. FOR THE WIS
MAN SAIS THAT COUNSAIL IS NOCHT ELLIS BOT GUDE AVIS OF
PROVISIOUN AND FORESICHT PUT IN SECRETE REPOS AND
KEPING OF THE QUHILK SPEKIS THE BUKIS OF THE RYALTEE OF
PERS THAT THE KING OF PERS ASKIT ANYS COUNSALE AT ALL HIS
WIS COUNSAILOURIS OF A SECRETE THING THAT HIS QUENE HAD
DISCOVERIT TILL HIM AND CALLIT ALL HIS COUNSAILOURIS TOGEDER,
AND THEN ANSUERD A WIS MAN SAYAND SYR IT IS NOCHT
SPEDEFULL THAT THOU ASK THE COUNSALE AT US ALL TOGEDER,
BOT SPERE AT ILKANE BE HIMSELF FOR MONY MAN WILL SAY
IN SECRETE TO THE ALLANE IT THAT HE WALD NOCHT SAY IN THE
PRESENCE OF ALL THY COUNSALE. AND THARFORE QUHILUM,
IN SUM CAS IT IS NOCHT SPEDEFULL TO GER THAME OPINLY
DEPONE THAIR COUNSAILE IN PRESENCE OF ALL BOT QUHILUM IT
IS GUDE TO BE DONE IN SYK CAS MAY IT BE. FOR SUMQUHILE
ALL MON BE SEMBLIT FOR GENERALE POYNTIS OF THE COMMUNITEE
AND OTHIR POYNTIS OF COMMOUN PROFFIT AND THAN
SALL THOU BATHE BE BETTER LUFIT AND MARE DOUBTIT AS I HAVE
SAID THE  BEFORE AND MARE HONOUR HAVE. AND THOU BE WYS <L 20>
AND HAVE GUDE AND WYS COUNSALE THOU MAY MARE CONQUEST
BATHE OF RYCHESS AND HONOUR WITH THAIR WISEDOME
AND THYNE NA WITH BATAILL NOCHT THAN THE TANE IS GUDE
WITH THE TOTHIR QUHEN OTHIR WAYIS MEN MAY NOCHT CUM
TO PURPOS GUDELY. AND THARFORE FAIRE SONE ALEXANDER
GIF THE CAS CUMMYS SPARE NEVER THINE INYMY QUHILL THOU
BE FIRST MAISTER OF HIM IN ALL TYMES AND IN ALL PLACIS
QUHARE THOU MAY GETT HIM AT THE OPYN AND AT THINE
AVANTAGE AND DECLARE THE SONE TO BE MAISTER AND TO HAVE
THE VICTORY OF HIM FOR RYCHT SA WALD HE DO WITH THE AND
HE HAD THE OURHAND APON THE. BOT DO NEVER THING BOT
BE GUDE COUNSAILE AND SUPPOS THOU BE WIS YNOUCH ZIT
JUNE AND ACORDE THY COUNSALE WITH THE OPYNIOUN OF THY
COUNSAILOURIS FOR GIF IT ACCORDIS THE BETTER IS GIF IT DISCORDIS
THOU ART NOCHT COMPELLIT NA DISTREYNIT TO DO IT
BOT GIF THOU WILL. AND OUR ALL THING KEPE WELE THAT
THOU GEVE NEVER THY PLAYNE POWAR TILL A BAILZE OR <L 37>
<P 153>
<L 1> COMMISSARE ALLANE IN THY REALME NA ZIT GEVE NA CREDENCE
ALLANERLY TILL ANE OF THY COUNSAILOURIS BE HIM ALLANE TO
DO GENERALLY ALL THINGIS THAT THOU MYCHT DO ALSET THOU
HALD HIM NEVER SA WIS NA SA WORTHY A MAN. FOR QUHY
ALL THINGIS AR CHANGEABLE AND THOU MAY MAK OF THY FREND
THY FA FOR GRETE GLITWISNES OF THY GUDIS AND CUM THE TO
GRETE SCATHE AND HYNDERING FOR AND HE WALD BE FALS AND
COVATOUS HE MYCHT TRETE THY SUBJECTIS FOLILY THROU THE
QUHILK THOU MYCHT BE DEFOULLIT AND DESTROYIT. BOT GIF
IT BEFELL THAT ON NEDE THE BEHUFIT MAK CERTANE COMMISSARIS
MAK NA LESSE NA THRE BE THE LESTE, WITH THY GRETE
POWER, AND THOU SALL FYND GRETE PROUFFIT THAREIN EVER, FOR
ELLIS SALL THOU NEVER BE SEURE NA CERTANE OF THY THING, FOR
QUHY IN TRINITEE IS ALL GUDE THINGIS FOUNDIT AND GIF
THOU WILL PROVE THY BAILLE OR THYNE OFFICER RYALE GYF HE BE
LELE AND TREWE JUST AND PROFFITABLE TO THE GER HIM WENE
THAT THOU HAS GRETE NEDE OF SILVER AND OF GRETE FYNAUNCE.
AND GIF HE SAIS AND COUNSAILIS THE TO TAK OF THY TRESOUR,
HE SETTIS NOCHT BY THY PROUFFYT NA THING NA HONOURE.
<L 20> AND GIF HE WALD COUNSALE THE TO TAK APON THE PURE
PEPLE HE LUFIS THE ZIT WER FOR THAT IS THE DESTRUCTIOUN
OF THY REALME FOR THAN SALL HE SETT ALL THY LEEGIES
AGANIS THE IN HATERENT. AND GIF HE SAIS SCHIR I AM
GROWIN RICHE UNDER ZOW AND ALL IS ZOURIS AND CUMMYN
OF ZOW AND THROU ZOURE GUDELY GRACE, QUHARFORE TAK
SIK THING AS I HAVE AS ZOUR AWIN FOR I HAVE YNOUCH
QUHILL ZE MAY BETTER DO, THIS MAN IS THY FRENDE,
TRAIST AS TRESOUR, FOR HE AND ALL HIS IS THYNE. AND
SETTIS THYNE HONOUR BEFORE HIS PROUFFIT AND HIS LYFF. FOR
AS I HAVE SAID THE OTHIR TYMES THE GUDIS AR THE UPHALD
OF THE LYF. AND SEN HE PROFFERIS THE HIS GUDIS HE
PUTTIS HIS LYF IN THY WILL AND HIS HONOUR BATHE. AND
ZIT IN OTHIR MANERIS THOU MAY PREVE THY BAILLIES OR THY
COMMISSARIS THAT THOU WALDE COMMYT TO THY REALME OR
TO THY CONTYNUALE COUNSALE. THOU SALL GEVE OR GER
GEVE HIM BE ANE OF THY SPECIALE SERVANDIS SUM GIFTIS,
OR REWARDIS PROFFER HIM. AND GIF THOU SEIS THAT HE
<P 154>
<L 1> GRAPE GREDILY TO THY GUDIS WITH GRETE DESIRE TO HAVE
MARE NA THOU PROFFERIS HIM OR MARE COSTLY THINGIS
AND PERSEWIS TO THAT GREDILY TRAIST NOCHT MEKLE IN
HIM GIF THOU SEIS THE GREDYNES OF THY GUDIS PAS MESURE
IN HIM. AND THAT HE DRAW TO ASSEMBLE TRESOUR THOU
MAY WELE PERSAVE IT IS FOR THY GUDE THAT HE DESYRIS THY
SERVICE AND NOCHT FOR THYNE HONOUR NA THE PROUFFIT OF
THE REALME. AND SYK MEN AR ORDANYT TO TRESOUR, AND
NOCHT TO KEPE LEAUTEE NA HONOURE TO HIS LORDE NA
COMMOUN PROUFFIT OF HIS LIEGIS, FOR SYK MENNIS COFFERIS
HAS NA GROUND, BOT AR UNFILLABLE, FOR THARE IS NANE END NA
TERME SA SOMME IN THAIR COVATIS. AND IN SYK MEN ALL
TRESOUNIS AND EVILL VICIS COMMONLY AR FOLOWAND, FOR THE
MARE THAI HAVE, THE MARE GROWIS THAIR COVATIS, AND SETTIS
NOCHT BY QUHAT THAI DO FOR TO WYN GOLDE AND RICHESSES
SIK IS THAIR NATURE QUHILK BE MONY WAYIS MAY BE THE
DESTRUCTIOUN AND PERDICIOUN TOTALE OF THY REALME OFF
THE QUHILKIS A GUDE WITT WILL FYND WELE THE PERILIS
FOR IT MAY FALL THAT SYK A MAN MAY BE OF THY COUNSALE
<L 20> NERE QUHILK FOR GRETE COVATIS MAY CONSAVE TRESOUN IN
HIS HERT AGANIS THE, AND BERE IT SECRETE OUTHIR TO
SAW SUM DISCORDIS BETUIX THE,THY LEGIES OR SUBJECTIS,
OR OTHIR NYCHTBOURIS PRINCIS AND PRIVELY AND SECRETELY
CONFOURT THYNE INYMYES AND ZIT GER THE TRAISTE HE
BE THY BEST FRENDE BE HIS FAYRE SUBTILE LANGAGE
QUHILL HE SEE HIS TYME TO OURSETT THE, AND OURTHRAW
THE. OFF QUHILKIS BAILLIES AND COMMISSARIS THOU SULDE
BE WAR, AND SETT THY BESY CURE TO KNAW THYNE OFFICIARIS
OR THOU TRAIST THY PERSONE OR THY REALME IN THAIR HANDIS.
AND THARFORE HAVE GUDE MYNDE ON THE TECHING THAT
I HAVE GEVIN THE OF THY BAILLIES CHESING OF BEFORE
TYME AND TRAIST NOCHT IN CURAGE THAT MAY BE CHANGIT
FOR LUFE, NA FOR AW NA FOR GUDIS. AND QUHEN THOU
KNAWIS THE PROWESS OF THE WORTHY CURAGE, MAK HIM
GUDE CAUS TO LUFE THE AY MARE AND MARE FOR THARE
IS THY TRAIST OF THY LYF THYNE HONOURE ANDE THY REGNE,
QUHEN HE WALD PUT ALL IN THY WILL, LYF LANDIS AND GUDIS, <L 37>
<P 155>
<L 1> AND LUFIS BETTER THINE HONOUR NA HIS LYF OR HIS WARLDIS
GUDIS. AND ALSSUA SIK A MAN SALL SETT HIM NYCHT AND
DAY TO MAK GUDE RELACIOUN AND CONCORDE BETUIX THE
AND THY SUBJECTIS AND OTHIR NYCHTBOURIS AND STANCHE
EVILL PROVOCACIOUNIS, AND LANGAGIS THAT MAY ENGENDER
DISCENSIOUN AND DEBATE BETUIX ZOW, AND AY MAK CAUS
OF GUDE LUFE BETUIX THE AND THY FRENDIS AND THARFORE,
TO GEVE THE ALEXANDER A GENERALE REULE OF DOCUMENTIS
AND TAKENIS OF GUDE CONDICIOUNIS OF BAILLIES QUHILKIS AR
TO THE PROUFFITABLE AND HONOURABLE, AND QUHILK NOCHT I
SALL HERE DECLARE THE EFTERWART. AND FIRST AND FORMEST
OF OFFICERIS AND SYNE OF COUNSAILLOURIS. AND THARFORE I
SAY THE FIRST THAT HE THAT WALD BE ANE OFFICIARE BAILZIE
OR JUGE HE SULD ALL KNAULAGE HAVE IN HIM TO DO ALL
THING THAT EFFERIS TILL HIS OFFICE OR THAT THING THAT HE IS
ORDANYT TILL. THE SECUND POYNT THAT HE HAVE GUDE
WILL TO TAK TENT AND UNDERSTAND ALL THAT IS PROPONYT
BEFORE HIM. THE THRID HE SULDE HAVE GUDE MEMOIRE
TO HALDE BATHE THE REHERSIS IN HIS HERT THAT PARTIES
<L 20> MAKIS BEFORE HIM. THE FERDE THAT HE SULD BE SUETE
AND CURTAIS IN HIS WORD THAT HIS WORD ACCORDE TILL HIS
DEDE. THE FYFT THAT IN GRETE WERIS AND PAYSAND MATERIS,
HE BE WELE AVISIT AND NOCHT SUDAYNLY GEVE ANSUERE
NA SENTENCE NA OTHIR DECRETE OF LAWE. THE SEXT THAT
HE BE GUDE OF COMPT AND HAVE A CLERE MYND AND GUDE
WITT TO DISCERNE BETUIX THE ASKINGIS OF PARTIES, BATHE
OF SOMMYS AND QUANTITEIS. AND THAT HE BE NOCHT
BLONT AND BESTELY TO SEKE HIS WIT AT OTHERIS. THE
SEVYNT THAT HE BE SUTHFAST, UNCHANGEABLE AND OF GUDE
COMPLEXIOUN AND VERITABLE MERCIABLE AND HAVE COMPUNCTIOUN
IN HIS HERT OF THE PURE PECEABLE PERSONIS.
THE ( VIII ) THAT HE BE NOUTHIR GLUTOUN GORMAND, NA
DRONKYNSUM, NA OF EVILL RENOUNE OR DEFAMYT. THE ( IX )
CONDICIOUN THAT HE BE OF HYE UNDERTAKING FOR HIS
LORDIS HONOURE, AND OF HYE HERT TO GAYNSTAND HIS DISHONOURE
AND SCATHE GIF ONY WALD ATTEMPT IN THE CONTRARY
OF HIS PROUFFIT. THE ( X ) THAT HE BE OF CHERITABLE WILL,
<P 156>
<L 1> NOCHT CUVATOUS TO GADER GOLDE IN TRESOUR TILL HIMSELF,
BOT WELE TILL HIS LORD IN LEFULL MANER. THE ( XI ) THAT
HE BE WELE LUFIT WITH THE PEPLE AND NAMELY WITH ALL
GUDE FOLK AND HATIT WITH LURDANIS AND MYSDOARIS. THE
( XII ) THAT HE BE A GUDE RYCHTWIS JUSTICER, BOT ONY LAK
OR FAVOUR OR DIFFERENCE OF PERSONAGE, NA FOR LUFE NA
HATREDE GOLD NA REDDOUR HE MYSLEDE NOCHT HIS PROCESS,
BOT IN LAUTEE JUSTICE AND EQUITEE AND GEVE ILKE MAN
HIS AWIN, NA DISPRIS NEVER MAN FOR HIS LAW ESTATE, SEN
GOD HAS MADE US ALL PERIS AND EVIN OF A MATER AND
CREACIOUN. AND THE ( XIII ) IS, THAT HE BE HARDY AND
WELE HERTIT TO SE JUSTICE DONE, AND FALDE NOCHT HIS HERT
FOR MYSHERTITNESS OF CURAGE. THE ( XIIII ) IS THAT HE KNAW
THE ISSU AND THE ENTREE OF HIS COSTIS AND EXPENS
AND THAT HE DO SA THAT NA MAN BE PLAYNTIS OF HIM BE
RESOUN, BOT AS FOR PROUFFIT TO HIS LORDE, THAT MON BE
THOLIT. THE ( XV ) IS THAT HE BE NOCHT A MOWAR NA A
BOURDOUR TO SPEKE JANGLYNGIS NA LESINGIS FOR MEKLE
SPECHE MAY NOCHT ALL BE TREWE NA HONOURABLE QUHILK
EFFERIS NOCHT TO LORDIS NA WYS MEN. THE ( XVI ) IS THAT
<L 21> HE BE OF THE KYNDE OF MEN THAT BE ENCLYNIT TILL ALL
VERTUES AND TO FLEE ALL VICIS THAT HE SE NOCHT A MOTE
IN HIS FALOWIS EYE AND NOCHT A GRETE BALK IN HIS AWIN
EYNE. AND THAT HIS COURT OF JUSTICE BE AY OPYN TILL
ALL MEN THE GUDE TO BE REWARDIT AND THE EVILL FOR TO
BE PUNYST. AND ALSSUA THAT HE BE SUM PART GRACIOUS
TO SYMPLE FOLK THAT MAKIS FAULTIS REKLESLY, MARE FOR
NEGLIGENCE AND FRAGILITEE OF NATURE NA FOR MALICE, SEN
GOD HAS MAID US ALL TILL HIS SEMBLAUNCE OF A BRUKLE
MATER ( &C )
HOW THE MAN IS MAID OF THE FOUR ELEMENTIS
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW GOD HAS
(MARG) ( XXXVIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 33> DIVIDIT HIS GRACIS TILL ALL MEN AND HOW THE MAN IS COMPERIT
TO THE FOUR ELEMENTIS IN NATURE. ALEXANDER FAIRE
<P 157>
<L 1> SONE THOU SULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE GLORIOUS GOD FORMYT
NEVER MARE NOBLE THING IN CREACIOUN OF NATURE NA MANKYNDE
NA MARE WITTY NA MARE WYS. FOR IN MAN MAY BE
FUNDYN ALL THE PARTIES OF ALL NATURALE THINGIS THAT LYF BERIS,
AND ALL THAIR KYNDIS AND PROPERTEES AS ALL PROPRIETEIS
THAT APPERTENIS TILL A BESTE TILL A FISCHE TILL A FOULE TILL
A PLANT OF TREE OR HERBE AS TREIS VIGNES OR SIK SMALE
THINGIS AND ALS ALL PROPRIETEIS COMMOUNIS THAT CUMMYS
OF THE FIRMAMENT, FOR MAN HAS BATHE SAULE VEGITATIVE THAT
HE LYFIS BY SENTITIVE THAT HE FELIS BY INTELLECTIVE THAT HE
UNDERSTANDIS BY, AND OF THE PROPRIETEIS OF HIS FORTUNES,
BE THE CONSTELLACIOUNIS OF THE FIRMAMENT, THE QUHILKIS
PROPRIETEIS IS NOCHT FOUNDYN IN NANE OTHIR OF CREATURIS
BOT IN MANKYNDE AND AS TO FYNDE IN MAN THE PROPRIETEIS
OF BESTIS FOR SUM MAN IS HARDY AS LYOUN AND
ANE OTHIR IS RAD AND COWARD AS A HARE. AND SUM MAN
IS FREE AS THE COK ANE OTHIR IS WRECHIT AS A DOG AND
GREDY AS A WOLF, SUM SUETE AS A LAM, SUM AS CRUELL AND
FELLOUN AS A BULE. SUM IS HABLE LYCHT AND EXPERT AS A
<L20> CON AND ANE OTHIR LYTHIR AND HEVY SUERE AS A BERE.
SUM MAN STOPPIT AS A CROK AND SUM CLERE SYNGAND AS A
NYCHTINGALE. SUM MAN LUXURIOUS AS A SWYNE PORK AND
SUM CHASTE AS A TURTUR DOWE, SUM MAN RUDE AS ANE AS,
AND SUM MAN BATHE SUBTILE AND HABILE AS A DYAMANT AND
PRECIOUS STANE. SUM MAN STARK AS ANE ELEPHANT, AND
SUM MAN WAYKE AND TENDER AS A WYF. SUM MAN WYS AS
A BEE OR ANE EMOT ANE OTHIR FULE AS A BUTERFLEE. SUM
MAN WYS AND HYE WITTIT AS ANE ANGEL AND ANE OTHIR
NOCHT. AND TRAIST WELE ALEXANDER THAT QUHEN A MAN IS
VERITABLE AND RESONABLE HE IS COMPERIT TO THE ANGELIS.
FOR IN THE IS FIGURIT ALL THE WARLDE FOR THOU SEIS THAT THE
MANNIS HEDE IS ROUND AND BE THAT IT IS LYKNYT TO THE
FIRMAMENT. ITEM IN MANNIS HEDE THERE IS TWA EYNE THAT
AR COMPERIT TO THE TWA LICHTIS THAT IS IN THE HEVIN THAT
IS TO SAY THE SONNE AND THE MONE, THE QUHILKIS AS
SONNE AND MONE LICHTNIS THE HEVIN AND ALL THE WARLD, SA
LYCHTNYS THE TWA EYNE ALL THE MANNIS PERSONE. ITEM, HE <L 37>
<P 158>
<L 1> HAS HIS BRESTE QUHARETHROU THE AYR CUMMYS AND GAIS BE
SOBBING AND SICHING, HOSTING AND AYNDING, IN SIGNIFYAUNCE
THAT THE AYR PASSIS SA THROU THE WARLDE, THROU
BLASTIS OF WYNDIS AND OTHIR MANER OF VENTULACIOUNIS
AND RYCHT AS FOULIS AND CLOUDIS FLEIS THROU THE AYR SA
DOIS THOUCHTIS WORDIS AND YMAGINACIOUNIS THROU THE
MANNIS BRESTE. AND RYCHT AS THE WATERIS OF RYVERIS AND
RAYNES PASSIS ALL TO THE GRETE SEE SA PASSIS ALL THE DRINKIS
AND OTHER MOISTURIS THAT ENTERIS BE THE MOUTH IN WAME.
AND AS THE HETE OF THE PLANETIS AND THE NATURALE VERTU
OF THAME DRAWIS THE FRESCH WATERIS AGAIN OUT OF THE SEE IN
THE CLOUDIS SO DRAWIS THE NATURALE HETE OF MANNIS BODY
THE HUMOURIS FRA THE STOMAK TO THE HEDE AND TO THE
OTHIR MEMBRIS OF THE BODY. AND RYCHT AS THE LAST PARTY
AND THE LAWEST IS THE LEGGIS WITH THE FETE THAT HE STANDIS
APON AND BERIS HIM UP AND SUSTENIS HIM ALL HIS MEMBRIS,
RYCHT SA IS THE ERDE THE LAWEST ELEMENT APON THE
QUHILK ALL THE LAVE OF THE WARLDE IS CONFERMYT AS APON
FOUNDEMENT. AND AS THE HETE NATURALE OF THE MAN GAIS
THROU ALL HIS BODY UP AND DOUN AND CHAUFIS HIS BODY
<L 21> AND MEMBRIS SA DOIS THE ELEMENT OF THE FYRE QUHILK IS
HUMAST ABONE THE AYRE DESCENDIS THROU ALL MANNIS BODY
AND HIS MEMBRIS AND CHAUFFIS THAME AND GERRIS ALL
GROWE. AND AS THE ERDE THAT IS LAWAST IS AY CALDE SA
AR THE FETE OF THE MAN NATURALY CALDE AND MAY BEST
SUSTENE CALDE OF ONY PART OF THE BODY. BOT QUHEN THEI
DRAW TILL OUR MEKLE CALDENES, THAN IS THAT ALL TAKENYNG OF
DEDE QUHEN THEY AR DRY AND CALDE. THAN DRAWIS THE
MAN TILL HIS NATURALE ENDE, THAT IS THE ERDIS ELEMENT
AND IS THE FOUR ELEMENTIS ALL IN THE MAN COMPREHENDIT.
THAT IS THE FYRE, THE AIRE, THE WATER AND THE ERDE. AND
AS THARE IS MONY VERTUOUS PLANETIS STERNIS AND SIGNES IN
THE FIRMAMENT, QUHILKIS GOVERNIS ALL THIS WARLDE, SA IS
THARE IN THE MANNIS HEDE HIS ( V ) WITTIS AND OTHIR VERTUES IN
HIS MEMBRIS QUHILKIS GOVERNIS ALL HIS BODY. AND RYCHT
AS THE SAULE, THAT IS THE LYF OF MAN STERIS MOVIS LEDIS AND
GOVERNIS ALL THE MANNIS BODY SA DOIS THE GRETE GOD IN <L 37>
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<L 1> HEVIN STERIS MOVIS LEDIS AND GOVERNIS ALL THE HEVYNIS.
AND THARFORE IS THE MAN CALLIT THE LYTILL WARLD, FOR HE
HAS ALL THE PROPRIETEIS THAT THE GRETE WORLD HAS. AND
THARFORE SULD A MAN HAVE GRETE DREDE TO SLAY ANE OTHIR,
QUHILK IS THE YMAGE OF GOD AND BERIS THE SYMILITUDE OF
ALL THE GRETE WARLDE. O ALEXANDER, HAVE NA TRAIST IN MAN
OF EVILL FAYTH, NA TRAIST NANE TO THY GRETE CHARGIS HONOURABLE,
NA TO THY LYF BOT THOU KNAW THAME WELE AND THAIR
TRAISTNES FIRST, OR DOUT IT BEFALL THE AS IT BEFELL ANYS TILL A
SARRAZENE THE QUHILK BE CAS OF AVENTURE PASSIT THROU THE
DESERTIS OF ARABY AND WITH HIM HIS MULE AND ALL HIS
PROVISIOUN THAT TO HIM WAS NEDEFULL FOR HIS VIAGE, AND SA
HAPNYT TILL OURTAK A JOW THE QUHILK HAD NOUTHIR HORS NA
MULE NA OTHIR MONTOUR NA VITAILE BOT WAS ON FUT PASSAND
HIS WAY BYDAND HIS AVENTURE THAT SUM GUDE MAN SULD
HELP HIM TILL HIS VOYAGE FOR CHERITEE AND PUT HIM FRA THE
PERILIS OF WYLDE BESTIS AND SA THE SARRAZENE SPERIT AT
THE JOWE QUHAT LAY HE LYVIT APON, AND QUHA WAS HIS GOD
AND QUHAT WAS HIS US. AND HE ANSUERD AGAYN SAYAND
<L 20> HE TROWIT IN THE GRETE GOD THAT FORMYT THE FIRMAMENT
AND BATHE MAID MAN AND BESTE AND ALL CREATURE, THE
QUHILK I ANOURNE AND OF HIM THINKIS TILL HAVE SOCOUR
AND FRENDSCHEP TO ME AND MY FRENDIS AND ALL THAT IS OF
MY LAY. AND ALSSUA ALL THAME THAT I MAY FYND THAT
HALDIS NOCHT MY LAY I MAY LEFULLY TAK FRA THAME THAT
THAT THAI HAVE, BATHE GOLD AND OTHIR GERE AND THE LYF OF
THAIR BODY THAREWITH, GIF I MYCHT BOT ONY MERCY. AND
SAID TO THE SARRAZIN NOW SEN I HAVE SCHAWIN THE MY
LAW SCHAW ME NOW THYNE, AND THAN ANSUERD THE
SARRAZENE SAYAND MY FAYTH AND MY TREUTH IS IN THE
GRETE GOD ALMYCHTY FOR QUHAIS SAKE I WALD FIRST GUDE TO
ME SYNE TILL ALL MY GENERACIOUN SYNE TILL ALL THAI OF MY
CREAUNCE AND OF MY LAY NA I WALD NANE EVILL TO NANE
ERDELY CREATURE THAT IS UNDER THE HEVIN OF GODDIS CREACIOUN.
AND TILL ALL THAT HALDIS MY FAY AND MY LAY I
WALD BE MERCIFULL AND DO THAME MISERICORDE AND OF ALL
<L 37> GODDIS CREATURIS TO BE PITEABLE BOT ONY WRANG OR EXCESS
<P 160>
<L 1> AND GIF ONY EVILL OR DISPLESAUNCE CUMYS TILL ONY CREATURE
UNDER GOD IT  GREVIS ME AND DISPLES. AND I DESYRE IN
MY HERT THE PROSPERITEE AND GUDE AVENTURE OF ALL THE
WARLDE, NA HAS NA DISPLESAUNCE OF NA MANNIS PROSPERITEE
AND THAN SAID THE JOW AND GIF ONY MAN DID THE
WRANG AND DESPYTE QUHAT WALD THOU DO THARETO. THE
SARRAZEN ANSUERD AGAYNE SAYAND THAT HE WALD PRAY TO
THE HYE GOD OF HEVYN TO SETT REMEDE THAREIN AS HE IS
RYCHT WYS JUGE FOR HE WATE AND KNAWIS ALL THINGIS AND
ZELDIS TILL ILKE MAN EFTIR HIS DESERTIS GUDE FOR GUDE AND
EVILL FOR EVILL. AND THAN SAID THE JOW, AND SEN THY
LAW IS SIK I ASK AT THE FOR HIS SAKE THAT THOU TROWIS IN
SCHAW ME IN DEDE INDEDE THY MISERICORD AND PITEE,
AND HELP ME OUT THROU THIS DESERT FRA LYONIS BERIS AND
WYLDE BESTIS AND GEVE ME RECREACIOUN OF THY LYFIS FUDE,
AND SCHAW IN DEDE THAT THOU TROWIS IN WORD. AND THAN
DESCENDIT THE SARRAZENE OF HIS MULE AND GAVE THE JOW OF
HIS METE AND SYNE SETT HIM ON HIS MULE QUHILL HE WAR
REFRESCHIT AND ZEDE BY HIM ON FUT. AND THUS HAD HE
BATHE THE HORSYNG AND THE LYFING. AND QUHEN HE SAW HE
<L 21> WAS SA WELE BESENE HE CALLIT ON FAST AND LEFT THE SARRAZENE
BEHYND HIM.  AND THE SARRAZENE CALLIT AND ASKIT HIM TO
BYDE HIM BOT HE WALDE NOCHT BOT PREKIT FRA HIM WITH ALL
HIS MAYN AND LEFT HIM ON FUT, BUT VITAILLE OR HELP IN THE
PERILE OF BESTIS THAT HE WAS IN. AND THAN THE SARRAZENE
SAT DOUNE ON HIS KNEIS AND LIFTIT HIS HANDIS TO THE HEVIN
AND MAID HIS PRAYERIS TO THE GRETE GOD THAT HE WALD HELP
HIM AND RESTORE HIM, AND SAUF HIM FRA THAI PERILIS. AND
WITHIN A LYTILL STOUND HE PASSIT FURTH ON HIS WAY, AND WAS
NERE CONVICT OF TRAVAILE AND HUNGER. HE SAW HIS AWIN
MULE CUMMAND THE HYE WAY AGAIN TILL HIM WITH ALL HIS
VITTAILIS AND OTHIR GUDIS OF THE QUHILKIS HE LOVIT GOD AND
LAP ON AND PASSIT HIS WAYES. AND AS HE WAS PASSAND HE
SAW THE JOW LYAND IN A SLADE IN THE WAY AND ALL HIS
MEMBRIS BRISIT SA THAT HE MYCHT NOCHT RYS NA GA THE
QUHILK ASKIT HIM MISERICORD AND PITEE FOR THE LUFE OF
GOD. AND HE ANSUERD AGAYN SAYAND HE WAS NOCHT
<P 161>
<L 1> BEHALDIN THARTO, AND HE SAID AGAYNE ZIS SAID HE IT IS THY
LAY AS THOU SAID ME THARFOR FULFILL THY LAY. FOR SUPPOS
I TUKE THY GUDIS I BRAK NOCHT MY LAY NA I DISSAVIT THE
NOCHT FOR I TALDE THE THAT MY LAY WAS QUHARE I FAND ONY
THAT WAS CONTRARIOUS TO MY LAY I MYCHT LEFULLY BE MY
LAY TAK FRA THAME BATHE THAIR GUDIS AND THAIR LYFIS AND I
TUKE BOT THY GUDIS AND LEFT THE THY LYF FOR THY CURTASY
THOU DID ME. AND THUS QUHEN THE SARRAZEN HERD HIM
SPEKE SA RESONABELY HE RECONFORTIT HIM FOR GODDIS SAKE
AND FOR CHERITEE AND GEVE HIM METE AND GERT HIM LEPE
ON BEHYND HIM AND BROCHT HIM TO THE CITEE AND GAVE
HIM IN HANDIS OF SEROURGIOUNIS AND HE DEIDE SONE EFTIR.
AND THARE THE PRINCE HERD TELL THE MANER, AND MAID
THAT SARRAZENE IN HIS CHEIF COUNSAILLOUR AND OUR-BAILLIF OF
THE REALME AND GAVE HIM ALL THE GOVERNAUNCE AS TILL HIM
THAT WAS BATHE FULL OF JUSTICE, PITEE AND CLEMENCE AND
TRAIST IN THE LAY AND IN THE FAY.
HOW PRINCIS SULD HAVE DISCRETE SECRETARIS
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE HOW PRINCIS AND LORDIS SULD
(MARG) ( XXXVIIJ CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 20> HAVE DISCRETE ANDE WYS SECRETARIS. ALEXANDER, FAIRE SONE
IT IS NEDEFULL AND SPEDEFULL TO THE TILL HAVE A SUFFICIAND
AND DISCRETE MAN TO BE THY SECRETARE AND WRYTE THY
SECRETE THINGIS AND GEVE ANSUERIS BE WRYTT TO THAME THAT
WRYTIS TO THE. AND HE SULD BE OF GUDE ELOQUENCE AND
GUDE LITTERATURE, AND OF GUDE UNDERSTANDING AND WYS, THAT
HE COULD WYSLY SUBTILY AND DISCRETLY ORDANE DYTE AND
WRYTE THY NEDEFULL SECRETE MATERIS, AND BATHE TO SPEKE
AND TO REHERS SPECHE WISLY AND HONORABILY. AND THAT HE
WAR RYCHT AND OF GUDE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAWIS AND OF
A HALE THOCHT AND MYNDE BUTT CORRUPCIOUN, TO THY PROUFFIT
AND THYNE HONOUR AND WELE TRAIST OF THE TONG AND SECRETE
IN HIS WERKIS THAT NANE SULD HERE OF HIS TONG REVELYNG OF
THY SECRETIS OF QUHAM THOU SULD BE CURIOUS TILL AVAUNCE
AND ENCRESS HIS PROUFFIT, FOR HIS PROUFFIT IS THYNE AWIN. <L 34>
<P 162>
<L 1> HOW THAI SULD HAVE DISCRETE AND TRAIST MESSAGERIS
HERE DECLARIS HE HOW PRINCIS SULD HAVE GUDE SECRETE
(MARG) ( XXXIX CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 3> AND TRAIST MESSAGERIS TO BERE THAIR MESSAGIS TREWLY IN ALL
PLACIS AND SECRETLY REPORT AGAIN ALL ANSUERIS BOT ONY
REVELACIOUN BOT QUHARE IT EFFEIRIS. ALEXANDER FAIRE SONE,
THOU DO MEKLE TO KEPE WELE AND AVIS QUHAT MESSAGERIS
THOU TRAISTIS IN TO BERE THY SECRETE LETTREIS AND ERANDIS
OUT OF THY COUNSALE TILL STRANGERIS. FOR EVERMARE THE
MESSINGERE SCHAWIS THE WISDOME OF HIS MAISTER THAT SENDIS
HIM. FOR WYS MAN SENDIS AY WIS AND TRAIST MESSAGERE,
AND FULIS SENDIS FULIS. AND THUS MAY BE KNAWIN BE THE
MESSAGE THE WIT OF THE MAISTER, FOR THY MESSAGE IS THYNE
EYE TO SE AND THYNE ERE TO HERE WITH AND THY TONG TO
SPEKE WITH, AND IT IS NOCHT IN THYNE AWIN HANDIS
QUHEN THOU HAS DELYVERIT THY SECRETIS TILL HIM. QUHARFORE
HE SULD BE MEKE TRAIST, TREW AND WYS THAT SULD BERE
THY MESSAGIS OF THY SECRETIS. FOR THOUCHE HE BE THYNE
EYNE THOU MAY NOCHT SE HIM, NA THOUCH HE BE THYNE
ERIS THOU MAY NOCHT HERE HIM, NA THOUCHE HE BE THY TONG
THOU MAY NOCHT SPEKE WITH HIM, QUHEN HE IS IN THYNE <L 20>
ERANDIS. AND THUS SULD HE BE WELE AND WISLY CHOSYN
THAT SULD BERE THAT CHARGE, THAT HE WAR BATHE A WIS MAN, A
GUDE MAN, AND HONEST AND FAIR PERSONE, AND OF SUFFICIANDE
UNDERSTANDING, AND WELE KNAWAND IN LITTERATURE, WELE BESPOKYN
AND DILIGENT, WELE SCHAWAND BE TONG AND OF GUDE
MEMOIR NOCHT VICIOUS NA DRONKYNSUM NA LEARE BOT
SECRETE AND FIABLE AND WELE LUFAND THYNE HONOUR. AND
THAT HE TAK NA CHARGE NA SPECHE TO SAY ON THY BEHALF,
BOT THAT HE HAS CHARGE OF BE THE AND THY COUNSALE, BE
INSTRUCTIOUNIS. AND GIF THOU FYNDIS HIM RYCHT COVATOUS
TO TAK GIFTIS OF THAME THAT THOU SENDIS HIM TO CHACE HIM
FRA THE FOR HE IS NOCHT FOR THY PROUFFIT NA SEND HIM
NEVER AGAYN. NA HIM THAT LUFIS BETTER GUDE WYNE NA
GRETE HONOUR, FOR COMMOUNLY THAI THAT LUFIS GIFTIS AND
<L 35> GUDE WYNE THAI MAY BE SONE TYSIT TILL EVILL. FOR THOU
<P 163>
<L 1> WATE, ALEXANDER, THAT THAI OF THE LAND OF PERS WAS WOUNT
TO PAS BEFORE THE MESSAGERIS OF PRINCIS AND TILL ASSAY
THAME WITH GIFTIS AND GUDE WYNE AND QUHEN THAI HAD
MAID THAIM DRUNKYN AND PLESIT THAIM WITH GIFTIS THAN
GERT THAI THAIM DISCOVER TO THAME ALL THAIR LORDIS SECRETE.
AND BE THAT THAI WIST THAIR LORD WAS NOCHT WYS. AND
THARFORE IS IT EXPEDIENT THAT THE PRINCIS KNAW WELE THE
CONDICIOUNIS OF THAIR MESSAGIS. AND LUKE THAT, OUR ALL
THING, THOU SEND NEVER THY SOVERAINE BAILLE NA THY LIEUETENANT
TO BE THY MESSAGERE FOR THOU SALL FYND IT
UNPROUFFITABLE.
HOW THE PRINCE AND PEPLE AR COMPARIT TILL
A GARDYN
HERE DECLARIS THE NOBLE PHILOSOPHOUR HOW THAT THE
(MARG) ( XL CAPITULUM ) (END OF MARG)
<L 15> SUBJECTIS OF PRINCIS THAT AR THE UPHALDE OF THE WARLDE
AR COMPERIT TILL A FAIRE GARDYN OR TILL A LORDIS TRESOUR,
AND THAT THAI SULD BE KEPIT AS TRESOUR. ALEXANDER, FAIRE
SONE ZIT WILL I THAT THOW WITT THAT THY SUBJECTIS SULD BE
KEPIT AS THY TRESOURIS FOR THAI AR THY TRESOUR. FOR THAI
<L 20> MAY BE COMPERIT TILL A LORD THAT HAS A FAIRE AND GUDE
GARDYN QUHARE THARE IS GRETE QUANTITEE OF FRUYTE TREIS
HERBIS AND OTHIR GRESIS, RICHESS AND NEDEFULL TILL MANIS
BEHUFE, THE QUHILKIS ZERELY AND CONTYNUALY BERIS GRETE
PLENTEE OF FRUYTIS FOR MANNIS SUSTENAUNCE QUHEN THAI AR
WELE GRATHIT, SCROUBBIT AND DEMAYNIT AND WELE GUDIT
KEPIT SUSTENYT AND GOVERNYT AT RYCHT, AND SULD BE WELE
SENE TO AND SOCOURIT AT THAIR NEDIS AND KEPIT WELE IN
GUDE REUGLE OF JUSTICE, AND SAUFIT FRA INJURIES AND
OPPRESSIOUNIS. AND THAT THARE BE BOT THOU ALLANE
GARDENER APON THAME, AND NOCHT MONY MAISTER GARDENARIS.
FOR QUHARE MONY MAISTER GARDENERIS AR, THE
GARDYN IS NOCHT COMMOUNLY ALL PROUFFITABILY GOVERNYT,
THE QUHILK SULD BE OF GUDE GOVERNAUNCE, THAT STENT <L 33>
<P 164>
<L 1> HIM NOCHT TO SPILL THY TREIS NA GADER THY FRUYTIS, THAT
IS TO SAY THY SUBJECTIS GUDIS WRANGWISLY. AND SA
MAY THE REALME LEST, AND BE WELE DEFENDIT AND CONSERVIT,
SA THAT THOU KEPE THE NOCHT TO HAVE MONY DISPENSARYS
IN THY GARDYN THAT IS THY REALME. FOR QUHY FOR COVATIS
AND GREDYNES OF THY FRUYTIS THAR MAY ENTER CORRUPCIOUN
IN THY GARDYN AND SYNE APON THY SELF, QUHEN ILKANE
PRESSIS OUR OTHERIS TO BE MAISTERIS OF THY GUDIS AND
OF THY COUNSAILE AND THI GOVERNAUNCE. BOT THARE IS
MONY THAT WILL HECHT AND SAY THAI SALL DO WELE AND
QUEHN THAI MOUNT IN GOVERNAUNCE THAI DO ALL OTHIR
WAYIS. AND SUM CORRUMPIS BE GIFTIS ANDE HECHTIS
PRINCIS COUNSAILOURIS AND PERVERTIS ALL GUDE GOVERNAUNCE
THROU THAIR GREDYNESS OF GUDIS GEVAND GIFTIS TO
LORDIS OF THE COUNSALE FOR TO MANETEINE THAME LANG
IN THAIR OFFICIS AND IN THAIR MALICIS. AND TRAIST WELE
ALEXANDER THAT THY PEPLE AND THY BAROUNIS THY
BACHILERIS AND THY COMMOUNIS AR THE STUF AND THE
MULTIPLICACIOUN AND FURNYSSING OF THY REALME. AND BE
THAME MON THOU BE CROWNYT AND THY CROUNE UPHALDYN
<L 21> AND MAYNTENYT, AND BE THAI NOCHT THROU THE MANETENYT
AND SUSTENYT IN THAIR RYCHTIS AND RICHESS, THAI
WILL NOCHT LUFE THE, NA HONOURE THE NA THI COURT NA
HELP TO SUSTENE THYNE ESTATE. FOR BOT GYF THOU MAK
THAIM CAUS TO BE FYABLEZ AND TRAIST TO THE AND THY
WORSCHIP AND PROUFFIT ANDE TO HALD LUFE AND LAUTEE
BETUIX THE AND THY PEPLE, THOU SALL NEVER BE SEKER
NA SEURE A DAY IN THY REALME. AND WILL THOU UMBETHINK
THE WELE OF ALL THAT I HAVE SAID AND GOVERNE
THE EFTER MY DEVIS AND COUNSALE BEFORESAID, THOU
SALBE HALDYN AS WYS AND WORTHY KING, AND DOUBTIT
AND LUFIT OF THY PEPLE AND OF ALL OTHERIS. AND THOU
SALL CUM ABONE OF ALL THYNE UNDERTAKINGIS AND DESYRIS.
QUHILKIS GIF THOU FAILLIS TO DO THOU SALL SE THAT THARE
SALL CUM GREVOUS MISCHEIF AND MYSFORTUNE BATHE APON
THE AND THY REALME AND THY GOVERNAUNCE, AND IT SALL
NOCHT BE IN THY POWAR TO SETT REMEDE, NA THOU CAN <L 37>
<P 165>
<L 1> NOCHT NA MAY NOCHT ESTYMY THE PAYNIS THAT SULD BE
INJUNCT TO THE THARFORE. BOT HERE I PRAY HERTFULLY
TO THE HYE AND MYCHTY GOD, MAKARE OF HEVYN AND
ERDE, TO GEVE THE GRACE, AS HE IS GUDELY GOUVERNOURE
OF HEVIN AND ERDE, AND OF ALL THE WARLDE, TO GOVERNE
THE SA IN VERTU AND IN VERITEE, IN JUSTICE AND LEAUTEE,
THAT GOD AND MAN BE  AYIT OF THE ENDE. AND RYCHT
SA MOTE IT BE OF OURE WORTHY KING AND GRACIOUS PRINCE,
AND ALL HIS WELE WILLARIS I PRAY TO GOD ALMYCHTY (IN
NOMINE PATRIS ET FILII ET SPIRITUS SANCTI AMEN)
(COLOPH) ( EXPLICIT LE GOVERNEMENT DES PRINCIS ) (END OF COLOPH)