The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary.

9. Reges eos in virga ferrea: & tanquam vas figuli con|fringes eos. ¶ Thou sall gouern thaim in wand of yren; and as vessel of the pottere thou sall thaim breke. ¶ There wordis the fadere spekis til the son. and the twa versis byfore. contynue the lettere thus. I sall gif til the men. & thou sall noght be tyraunt til thaim. to pil thaim & spoile thaim, as wicked princes dos. bot thou sall be thaire kynge and gouern thaim in wand of yren. that is, in stabile and vnflichand [S unflechande.] rightwisnes and kyngs pouste. and in this wand, noght bresil ne falland. bot stalworth and lastand. thou sall thaim breke. that is, thou sall distroye in thaim thurgh pen|aunce erthly couaityse, ald synne. and layry [S ins. or clayly.] lustes. swa that thai leue to be fleschly and lif gastly: forthi sais. he, as vessel of the pottere. that is [S. U om.] , in als mykil as thai ere layre. that is, vile & synful. thai that will noght be now broken thus. thai sall be broken in hell, and neuere reparaild.