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{a}t she fortune forlete ? e i{n}
fleenge awey.


CUM PRIMO POLO.

[Sidenote: [The . iij. Met{ur}. ]]

++Whan phebus ? e sonne bygynne? to spreden his clerenesse w{i}t{h}
rosene chariettes. ? an ? e sterre ydimmyd pale? hir white cheres. by ? e
flamus of ? e so{n}ne ? at ouer come? ? e sterre ly? t. ? ? is is to seyn
whan ? e sonne is risen ? e day sterre wexi? pale {and} lesi? hir ly? t for
? e grete bry? tnesse of ? e sonne. ? Whan ? e wode wexe? redy of rosene
floures in ? e first somer sesou{n} ? oru? ? e bre? e of ? e wynde Zephirus
? at wexe? warme. ? Yif ? e cloudy wynde auster blowe felliche. ? an go?
awey ? e fayrnesse of ? ornes. Ofte ? e see is clere {and} calme wi? oute
moeuy{n}g floodes. And ofte ? e horrible wynde aq{u}ilon moeue? boylyng
tempestes {and} ouer whelwe? ? e see. ? Yif ? e forme of ? is worlde is so
[? eelde] stable. {and} yif it to{ur}ni? by so many entrechau{n}gynges.
wilt ? ou ? a{n} truste{n} in ? e trublynge fortunes of me{n}. wilt ? ou
trowen i{n} flittyng goodes. It is certeyne {and} establissed by lawe
p{er}durable ? at no ? i{n}g ? {a}t is engendred nys stedfast no stable.


TUNC EGO UERA INQ{UA}M.

[Sidenote: [The ferthe prose. ]]

++? Anne seide I ? us. O norice of alle uertues ? ou seist ful so? e. ? Ne I
may nat forsake ? e ry? t[e] swifte cours of my p{ro}speritee. ? at is to
seine. ? at p{ro}speritee ne be comen to me wondir swiftly {and} soone.
but ? is is a ? ing ? at gretly smerti? me whan it remembre? me. ? For in
alle aduersitees of fortune ? e most vnsely kynde of contrariouse fortune
is to han ben weleful. ? But ? at ? ou q{uo}d she abaist ? us ? e to{ur}ment
of ? i fals[e] opiniou{n} ? at maist ? ou not ry? tfully blamen ne aretten
to ? inges. as who sei? for ? ou hast ? itte many habundaunces of ? inges.
? _Textus. _ For al be it so ? at ? e ydel name of auenterouse welefulnesse
moeue? ? e now. it is leueful ? at ? ou rekene w{i}t{h} me of how many[e]
? inges ? ou hast ? it plentee. ? And ? erfore yif ? at ? ilke ? ing ? at ? ou
haddest for most p{re}cious in alle ? i rycchesse of fortune be kept to
? e by ? e grace of god vnwemmed {and} vndefouled. Mayst ? ou ? a{n} pleyne
ry? tfully vpon ? e myschief of fortune. syn ? ou hast ? it ? i best[e]
? inges. ? Certys ? it lyue? in goode poynt ? ilke p{re}cious hono{ur} of
mankynde. ? Symacus ? i wyues fadir whiche ? at is a man maked al of
sapience {and} of vertue. ? e whiche man ? ou woldest b[i]en redely wi? ? e
pris of ? in owen lijf. he byweyle? ? e wronges ? at men don to ? ee. {and}
not for hym self. for he liue? in sykernesse of any sentence put a? eins
him. ? And ? it lyue? ? i wif ? at is attempre of witte {and} passyng o? er
women in clennes of chastitee. and for I wol closen shortly her bountes
she is lyke to hir fadir. I telle ? e welle ? at she lyue? loo? of hir
life. {and} kepi? to ? ee oonly hir goost. {and} is al maat {and}
ouer-comen by wepyng {and} sorwe for desire of ? e ? In ? e whiche ? ing
only I mot graunten ? at ? i welefulnesse is amenused. ? What shal I seyn
eke of ?
i two sones conseillours of whiche as of children of hir age ? er
shine? ? e lyknesse of ? e witte of hir fadir {and} of hir eldefadir. and
si? en ? e souereyn cure of alle mortel folke is to sauen hir owe{n}
lyues. ? O how weleful art ? ou ? ou? ? ou knowe ? i goodes. ? But ? itte ben
? er ? inges dwelly{n}g to ? e wardes ? at no man doute? ? at ? ei ne ben more
derwor? e to ? e ? en ? ine owen lijf. ? And for? i drie ? i teres for ? itte
nys nat eueriche fortune al hateful to ? e warde. ne ou{er} greet tempest
ha? nat ? it fallen vpon ? e. whan ? at ? in ancres cliue fast[e] ? at nei? er
wole suffre ? e comfort of ? is tyme p{re}sent. ne ? e hope of tyme comynge
to passen ne to falle{n}. ? And I p{re}ie q{uod} I ? at fast[e] mot[en]
? ei holden. ? For whiles ? at ? ei halden. how so eu{er}e ? at ? inges ben.
I shal wel fleten fur? e and eschapen. ? But ? ou mayst wel seen how
greet[e] apparailes {and} aray ? at me lakke? ? at ben passed awey fro me.
? I haue su{m}what auau{n}ced {and} for? ered ? e q{uod} she. if ? at ? ou
anoie nat or for? enke nat of al ? i fortune. As who sei? . ? I haue
somwhat comforted ? e so ? at ? ou tempest nat ? e ? us wi? al ? i fortune.
syn ? ou hast ? it ? i best[e] ? inges. ? But I may nat suffre ? in delices.
? at pleinst so wepyng. {and} anguissous for ? at o? er lakke? somwhat to
? i welefulnesse. ? For what man is so sad or of so p{er}fit
welefulnesse. ? at he ne stryue? or pleyne? on some half a? eine ? e
qualitee of his estat. ? For whi ful anguissous ? ing is ? e condiciou{n}
of mans goodes. ? For ey? er it come? al to gidre to a wy? t. or ellys it
laste? not p{er}petuely. ? For som man ha? grete rycchesse. but he is
asshamed of hys vngentil lynage. {and} som man is renomed of noblesse of
kynrede. but he is enclosed in so grete angre for nede of ? inges. ? at
hym were leuer ? at he were vnknowe. and som ma{n} habunde? bo? e i{n}
rychesse {and} noblesse. but ? it he bywaile? hys chast[e] lijf. for he
ha? no wijf. ? and som man is wel {and} selily maried but he ha? no
children. {and} norisshe? his ricchesse to ? e heires of straunge folk.
? And som man is gladded wi? children. but he wepi? ful sory for ? e
trespas of his son or of his dou? tir. ? and for ? is ? er accorde? no wy? t
ly? tly to ? e condic{i}ou{n} of his fortune. for alwey to euery man ? ere
is i{n} mest somwhat ? at vnassaie? he ne wot not or ellys he dredi? ? at
he ha? assaied. ? {And} adde ? is also ? at euery weleful man ha? a wel
delicat felyng. ? So ? at but yif alle ? inges fallen at hys owen wille
for he inpacient or is nat vsed to han none aduersitee. an-oone he is
? rowe ado? ne for euery lytel ? ing. ? And ful lytel ? inges ben ? o ? at
wi? drawen ? e so{m}me or ? e p{er}fecc{i}ou{n} of blisfulnesse fro hem ? at
ben most fortunat. ? How many men trowest ? ou wolde demen hem self to
ben almost in heuene yif ? ei my? ten atteyne to ? e leest[e] p{ar}tie of
? e remenaunt of ? i fortune. ? ? is same place ? at ?