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¶ What kyng that wol haue good name,
He wol be lad by wys counsayle
Þat loue worschip, and dreden shame,
And boldely dar fende and assayle.
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Þere wit is, corage may not fayle,
ffor wysdom neuere worschip les.
Corage in querell doþ batayle,
And ende of batayle bygynneþ pes.
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¶ Defaute of wit makeþ long counsayle;
ffor witteles wordes in ydel spoken,
Þe more cost, þe lesse auayle;
ffor fawte of wyt, purpos broken.
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In euyl soule no grace is stoken,
ffor wikked soule is graceles. [[nota]]
In good lyuere goddis wille is loken,
Þat mannys counsell makeþ pes.
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¶ To wete ȝif parlement be wys,
Þe comoun profit wel it preues.
A kyngdom in comouns lys,
Alle profytes, and alle myscheues.
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Lordis wet neuere what comouns greues
Til here rentis bigynne to ses.
Þere lordis ere, pore comons releues,
And mayntene hem in werre and pes.
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¶ Make god ȝoure ful frend;
Do þe comaundement þat he bede.
Þouȝ all þe world aȝen ȝow wend,
Be god ȝoure frend, ȝe thar not drede:
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ffor þere as god his frendis lede,
He saueþ hem boþe on lond and sees.
Who so fiȝteþ, god doþ þe dede,
ffor god is victorie and pes.
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