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 Let bath be made
 For such men fordone,
Wash thou hands and feet thereof,
 Comb their hair and dry them
 Ere the coffin has them;
Then bid them sleep full sweetly.

 This for the tenth counsel:
 That thou give trust never
Unto oaths of foeman’s kin,
Be’st thou bane of his brother,
Or hast thou felled his father;
Wolf in young son waxes,
Though he with gold be gladdened.

 For wrong and hatred
 Shall rest them never,
Nay, nor sore sorrow.
 Both wit and weapons
 Well must the king have
Who is fain to be the foremost.

 The last rede and eleventh:
 Until all ill look thou,
And watch thy friends’ ways ever.
 Scarce durst I look
 For long life for thee, king:
Strong trouble ariseth now already.