(414)
¶ In your prosperite and in your welthe,
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Remembreth euer a-monge, þat ye shul dye,
And wot naght whan; it comeþ in a stelthe;
Haue often him [him R, om. H.] by-fore your myndes ye;
ffor whan no hertë [hert H R.] hydë may ne wrye
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His secre [secrete R.] thoughtës, god al wot & weyeth;
Hym, loue & drede; and his lawës obeyeth.
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(415)
¶ Now sen a kyng is to his lawës swore, [¶ Quod elec|ciones sint in ecclesiis cathedralibus libere.]
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And lawë biddeth free elecïoun
In chirches passe; my godë lorde, þer-fore,
Let no fauour ne none affeccïoun
So meeue your wysë circumspeccïoun,
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To lette hem [hem R, hym H.] of hir laweful liberte;
Lat hem reioyse hir propre duëte.
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(416)
¶ The chapitre of a chirchë Cáthedral,
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When þei haue chosen hir heed & pastour,
Which as hem thenkeþ sufficiant at al,
Hem for to rewle, and ben hir gouernoure,
Writeþ vnto þe pope in hir fauour,
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Bisekyng humble[l]y [humbly R.] his fadir-hede
It to conferme; and þat is a iust dede.
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(417)
¶ And if the lawë suffre yow to write [folio 50b]
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ffor any man apart, herkenth now me;
Let vertu þennë þerto yow excite;
Lokith þat þe man haue abilite,
Þat shal resseyuë þat hy [by H, hye R.] dignite,
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Þat is to seyn, he be clene of lyuyng,
Discrete, iust, and of súffisant konnyng.
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