forget your father's axioms, take this scroll, wherein read what your
father dying wills you to execute living." At this he shrunk down in
his bed, and gave up the ghost.

[Footnote 1: falcon.]

[Footnote 2: faggot's.]

[Footnote 3: patron.]

John of Bordeaux being thus dead was greatly lamented of his sons, and
bewailed of his friends, especially of his fellow Knights of Malta,
who attended on his funerals, which were performed with great
solemnity. His obsequies done, Saladyne caused, next his epitaph, the
contents of the scroll to be portrayed out, which were to this effect:

_The Contents of the Schedule which Sir John of Bordeaux gave to his
Sons_

My sons, behold what portion I do give:
I leave you goods, but they are quickly lost;
I leave advice, to school you how to live;
I leave you wit, but won with little cost;
But keep it well, for counsel still is one,
When father, friends, and worldly goods are gone.

In choice of thrift let honor be thy gain,
Win it by virtue and by manly might;
In doing good esteem thy toil no pain;
Protect the fatherless and widow's right: