And sayd, that he thare kyng suld be,
That wes in als nere{12} degre,
And cummyn wes off the nerrast male
In thai{13} brawnchys collateralle...

{Footnotes:
1: _govern_
2: _more, by my faith_
3: _nobility_
4: _endeavoured_
5: _choose_
6: _possessed_
7: _royalty_
8: _most_
9: _envy_
10: _wicked_
11: _others denied_
12: _as near_
13: _those_ }

A! blynd folk, fulle off all foly,
Had yhe wmbethowcht{14} yowe inkkyrly{15}
Quhat peryle to yowe mycht appere,
Yhe had noucht wroucht on this manèr.
Had yhe tane kepe{16}, how that that kyng
Off Walys, forowtyn sudiowrnyng{17},
Trawaylyd{18} to wyn the senyhowry{19},
And throw his mycht till occupy
Landys, that ware till hym marchand{20},
As Walys was, and als Irland,