REX HUMANITAS

¶ Oh Lord of Lords and King of kings all, Omnipotent of power Prince but peir, Ever ringand in gloir Celestial Quha be great might and haising nam mateir Maid heauin and eird, fire, air and water cleir: Send me thy grace with peace perpetual, That I may rewll my realm to thy pleaseir, Sin bring my saull to joy angelical. Sen thou hes giving me dominatioun And rewll of people subject to my cure, Be I nought rewlit be counsel and ressoun, In dignity I may nought Long endure. I grant mystait my self may nought assure Nor ȝit conserve my life in sickerness: Have pity Lord on me thy creature Supportand me in all my business. I thee request quha rend was on the Rude, Me to defend from the deids of defame: That my people report of mebot Good, And be my saifgaird baith from sin and shame I knaw my day is induris bot as ane dream, Therefore Oh Lord I hairtlie the exhort, To give me grace to use my diadem To thy pleasure and to my great comfort. My servant Solace quhat gart ȝow tarry? Forsuith my Friends I think ȝe ar not wise, Till counsel me to break commandment Directit be the Prince of Paradise: Considering ȝe knaw that my intent Is for till be to God obedient, Quhilk dois forbid men to be lecherous: Do I nought sa perchance I will repent, Therefore I think ȝour counsel odious ¶ The quhilk ȝe gaif me till. Because I have be to this day That is also mekill as to say. Ready for Good and ill. Up Wantonness thou sleipis to Long, Me thought I hard ane mirrie sang: I the command in haist to gang See quhat ȝon mirth may meine. Solace, sure that shall be no sunȝie, Beir ȝe that bag upon ȝour lunȝie, Now sirs win well ȝour wage; I pray ȝow speid ȝow soon again Welcum my menȝeon Wantonness, How hes thou sped in thy travel? Then Wantonness how well is me, Thou hes deseruit baith meit and fie, Be him that maid the Moan: ¶Their is anething that I walled speir, Quhat shall I do when scho cums heir? For I knaw nought the craft perqueir Of luifers gyn: Therefore at length ȝe mon me leir How to begin. God forbid Wantonness that I give the leife, Thou art over perilous ane page sic practiks to preife. Welcum to me peirles in pulchritude, Welcum to me thou sweiter nor the Lamber, Quhilk hes maid me of all dolour denude, Solace, convoy this Lady to my chamber. Now where is Placebo and Solace? Where is my minȝeoun Wantonness? Wantonness hoaw, cum to me soon, Quhat was ȝe doand tell me that? And sa think I man be my thrift I see fyteine Mones in the lift. Ȝea that I do in verament. Quhat barns ar ȝon upon the bent, I did nought see them all this day. Ȝe ar welcum Good Friends be the Rude, Appeirandlie ȝe seime sum men of Good, Quhat ar ȝour names tell me without delay, Quhat is ȝour name fit with the clipit crou ̄ Welcum Devotion be Sanct Iame: Now si ray tell quhat is ȝour name? Can ȝe nought tell quhat is ȝour name? Quhat gars ȝe can nought schawit now? Thin-drink quhat lynde of name is that? Quhy could thou not tell it thy fell? Sapience should be ane man of Good: Now have I Sapience and Discretion, How can I faill to rewll this Region? And Devotion to be my confessor, Their thrie came in ane happy hour, Heir I make the my secretar, And thou salbe my thesaurar: And thou salbe my counsallour, In spriruall things and confessor Ȝe ar riched welcum be the Rude, Ȝe seime to be thrie men of Good. Heir shall Gude-counsell schaw himself in the field Bot quha is ȝon that stands sa still? Gam spy and speir quhat is his will. And give he ȝearnis my presence, Bring him to me with Diligence. I will fit still heir and repois, Speid ȝow again to me my Iois, Let him fit their with ane mischance, And let us go to our pastance. I shall gang see that sicht incontinent Madame behauld give ȝe have knawledging Of ȝon Lady, or quhat is his intent, Thereafter we shall turn but tarrying. As ever ȝe pleis sweit heart sa shall it be, Dispone his as ȝe think expedient: Evin as ȝe list to let his live or die, I will refer that thing to ȝour Judgement. Be quhom have ȝe sa great authority? Quha dois presume for till correct ane King? Knaw ȝe nought me great King Humanity? That in my Region Royally dois ring. That salbe done but More demand, Hoaw Diligence cum heir From hand, And taken ȝour information: Gang warn the Spirituality, Right sa the Temporality, Be oppin proclamation, In gudlie haist for to compear In their mayest honourable maneir, To give us their counsels: Quha that beis absent to them schaw, That they shall underlie the law, And punischt be that fails. Pass on and thou salbe regairdit, And for thy service well rewairdit, For quhy with my consent, Thou shall have ȝeirly for thy hire, The teind mussellis of the ferry mire, Confirmit in Parliament. Where is Sapience and Discretion? And quhy cums nought Devotion nar? The Devil taken them sen they ar gane, Me thought them ay thrie very smaiks, I make ane vow to Sanct Mavane, When I them find thays bear their paiks, I see they have playit me the glaiks, Gude-counsall now schaw me the best When I fix on ȝow thrie my staiks, How I shall keip my Realm in rest. Backwart, backwart, how may that be? Gar speid them hastily to me: In dreid that they Gam wrang: Welcum to me my prudent Lords all, Ȝe ar my members suppois I be ȝour head: Fit down that we may with ȝour joust counsel, Again misdoars find sovereign remeid. We shall nought spair for favour nor for feid, With ȝour advice to make punition: And put my sword to execution. Shaw me thy name Good man I the command, The common well hes be among his fais: Quhat is the cause the common well is crukit? Quhat gars the luck sa with ane dreary heart? Sir continued ̄ mon well knaw ȝe the limmers that the ̄ leids? Good Friends ȝe ar riched welcome to us all, Fit down all thrie and geif us ȝour counsel. Quhom on Folly?— Quhy Folly walled thou make ane preaching? Now brother let us heir his teiching, To pass our time and heir him raise. Ȝea hardly speak of all kin things. Conforming to my first narration, Ȝe ar all fuillis be Coks passion. Queen hat war they ȝon to me declair? Give that be true quhilk ȝe me tell, I will not langer tarry: Bot will gang preif that play my fell, Howbeit the World me wary. ¶Also fast as ȝe may carry, Speid with all diligence: Bring Sensuality, Fra-hand to my presence. ¶Forsuth I wait not how it stands, Bot sen I hard of ȝour tythands, My body trimblis feit and hands And quhiles is hait as fire: I trow Cupido with his dart, Hes woundit me out throw the heart My spreit will From my body partly, Get I nought my desire. Pass on away with diligence, And bring his heir to my presence: Spair nought for travel nor expense I cair not for nam cost: Pason ȝour way schone Wantonness, And taken with ȝow Sandy solace, And bring that Lady to this place, Or else I am bot lost. Commend me to that sweitest thing, And present his with this same Ring And say I lie in languisching, Except scho make remeid: With siching sair I am bot schent, Without scho cum incontinent, My heavy Long our to relent, And saif me now From dead. Quhat gart ȝou bid sa Long From my prese ̄ ce? I think it Long since ȝe depairtit thence. Quhat man was ȝon with and great bostous beird Me thought he maid ȝow all thrie very feared. I am content to ȝour counsel t'inclyne Ȝe beand of Good condition. At ȝour command shall be all that is mine, And heir I give ȝow full commission, To punische faults and gifremissioun, To all virtue I salbe consociabill, With ȝow I shall confirm ane union, And at ȝour counsel stand ay firm and stable. My prudent Lords of the thrie estaits, It is our will abuife all uther thing, For to reform all them that makes debates, Contrair the riched quhilk daily dois maling. And they that dois the Common-weil down thring With help and counsel of King Correction, It is our will for to make punisching: And plain oppressors' put to subjection. Pass on my servant Diligence, And bring ȝon suill to our presence. Speak on hardly I give the leife: As ȝe have said but doubt it salbe done, Pass to and make this interchainging soon.