No More Learning

NICHIL IGITUR DUBIUM EST.

[Sidenote: [The 8^the p{ro}se. ]]

++Now nis it no doute ? an ? {a}t ? ise weyes ne ben a maner mysledy{n}g to
blisfulnesse. ne ? at ? ei ne mowe nat leden folke ? ider as ? ei byheten to
lede{n} hem. ? But wi? how grete harmes ? ise forseide weyes ben enlaced.
? I shal shewe ? e shortly. ? For whi yif ? ou enforcest ? e to assemble
moneye. ? ou most by-reuen hym his moneye ? at ha? it. and yif ? ou wilt
shynen wi? dignites. ? ou most bysechen {and} supplien hem ? at ? iue{n} ? o
dignitees. ? And yif ? ou coueitest by hono{ur} to gon by-fore o? er folk
? {o}u shalt defoule ? i self by hu{m}blesse of axing. yif ? ou desiryst
power. ? ou shalt by awaites of ? i subgit? anoyously be cast vndir many
p{er}iles. axest ? ou glorie ? {o}u shalt ben so destrat by aspre ? inges
? at ? ou shalt forgone sykernesse. ? And yif ? ou wilt leden ? i lijf in
delices. euery whi? t shal dispisen ? e {and} forleten ? e as ? ou ? at art
? ral to ? ing ? at is ry? t foule {and} brutel. ? at is [to] sein seruau{n}t
to ? i body. ? Now is it ? an wel yseen how lytel {and} how brutel
possessiou{n} ? ei coueiten ? at putten ? e goodes of ? e body abouen hire
owe{n} resou{n}. ? For mayst ? ou so{ur}mou{n}te{n} ? ise olifunt? in
gretnesse or wey? t of body. Or mayst ? ou ben strenger ? an ? e bole. Mayst
? ou ben swifter ? an ? e tigre. biholde ? e spaces {and} ? e stablenesse
{and} ? e swyfte cours of ? e heuene. {and} stynte somtyme to wondren on
foule ? inges. ? e whiche heuene certys nis nat ra? er for ? ise ? inges to
ben wondred vpon. ? an for ? e resou{n} by whiche it is gouerned. but ? e
shynynge of ? i forme ? at is to seien ? e beaute of ? i body. how swiftly
passyng is it {and} how transitorie. ? Certis it is more flittynge ? an
? e mutabilite of floures of ? e som{er} sesou{n}. For so as aristotil
telle? ? at yif ? at men hadden eyen of a beest ? at hi? t lynx. so ? at ? e
lokyng of folk my? t[e] percen ? oru? ? e ? inges ? {a}t wi? stonden it. who
so lokid ? an in ? e entrailes of ? e body of alcibiades ? at was ful fayr
in ? e sup{er}fice wi? oute. it shulde seme ry? t foule. {and} for ? i yif
? ou semest faire. ? i nature ne maki? nat ? at. but ? e desceiuau{n}ce of
? e fieblesse of ? e eyen ? at loken. ? But p{re}ise ? e goodes of ? i body
as moche as euer ? e list. so ? at ? ou know[e] algates ? at what so it be.
? at is to seyn of ? e goodes of ? i body whiche ? at ? {o}u wondrest vpon
may ben destroied or dessolued by ? e hete of a feuere of ? re dayes. ? Of
alle whiche forseide ? inges I may reduce{n} ? is shortly in a so{m}me.
? ? at ? ise worldly goodes whiche ? at ne mowen nat ? iuen ? at ? ei byheten.
ne ben nat p{er}fit by ? e congregac{i}ou{n} of alle goodes. ? at ? ei ne
ben nat weyes ne pa? es ? at bryngen men to blysfulnesse ne maken men to
ben blysful.


HEU Q{UE} MISEROS TRAMITE.

[Sidenote: [The 8^the Met{ur}. ]]

++Allas whiche folie {and} whiche ignorau{n}ce mysledi? wandryng
wrecches fro ? e pa? e of verrey good. ? Certis ? e ne seken no golde in
grene trees. ne ?
e ne gadren [nat] p{re}cious stones in ? e vines. ne ? e
ne hiden nat ? oure gynnes in hey? e mou{n}taignes to kachen fisshe of
whiche ? e may maken ryche festes. and yif ? ow lyke? to hunte to roos. ? e
ne gon nat to ? e foordes of ? e water ? at hy? t tyrene. {and} ouer ? is men
knowen wel ? e crikes {and} ? e cau{er}nes of ? e see yhidd in ? e floodes.
{and} knowen eke whiche water is most plentiuo{us} of white perles.
{and} knowen whiche water habunde? most of rede purpre. ? at is to seyen
of a maner shelfisshe w{i}t{h} whiche men dien purpre. {and} knowen
whiche strondes habounden most of tendre fisshes or of sharpe fisshes
? at hy? ten echynnys. but folk suffren hem self to ben so blynde ? at hem
ne recchi? nat to knowe where ? ilk[e] goodes ben yhidd whiche ? at ? ei
coueiten but ploungen hem in er? e {and} seken ? ere ? ilke goode ? {a}t
so{ur}mou{n}te? ? e heuene ? at bere? ? e sterres. ? what p{re}yere may I
make ? at be digne to ? e nice ? ou? tis of men. but I p{re}ye ? at ? ei
coueite{n} rycches {and} hono{ur}s so ? at whan ? ei han geten ? o false
goodes wi? greet trauayle ? at ? erby ? ei mowe knowen ? e verray goodes.


HACTENUS MENDACIS FORMA{M}.

[Sidenote: [The 9^ne p{ro}se. ]]

++IT suffisi? ? at I haue shewed hider to ? e forme of false wilfulnesse.
so ? at yif ? ou look[e] now clerely ? e ordre of myn entenc{i}ou{n}
requeri? from hennes for? e to shewe{n} ? e verray wilfulnesse. ? For
q{uod} . I. (b) [I. ] se wel now ? at suffisau{n}ce may nat comen by
richesse. ne power by realmes. ne reuere{n}ce by dignitees. ne
gentilesse by glorie. ne ioye by delices. and (p) hast ? ou wel knowen
q{uo}d she ? e cause whi it is. Certis me seme? q{uod} . I. ? at . I. se hem
ry? t as ? ou? it were ? oru? a litel clifte. but me were leuer knowen hem
more openly of ? e. Certys q{uod} she ? e resou{n} is al redy ? For ? ilk
? ing ? at symply is on ? ing wi? outen ony diuisiou{n}. ? e errour {and}
folie of mankynde departe? {and} diuidi? it. {and} misledi? it {and}
t{ra}nsporte? from verray {and} p{er}fit goode. to goodes ? at ben false
{and} inp{er}fit. ? But seye me ? is. wenest ? ou ? at he ? at ha? nede of
power ? at hy{m} ne lakke? no ? ing. Nay q{uo}d . I ? Certis q{uo}d she ? ou
seist ary? t. For yif so be ? {a}t ? er is a ? ing ? at in any p{ar}tie be
fieble of power. Certis as in ? at it most[e] nedes be nedy of foreine
helpe. ? Ri? t so it is q{uo}d . I. Suffisaunce and power ben ? an of on
kynde ? So seme? it q{uod} I. ? And demyst ? ou q{uo}d she ? at a ? ing ? at
is of ? is manere. ? at is to seine suffisau{n}t {and} my? ty au? t[e] to
ben dispised. or ellys ? {a}t it be ry? t digne of reuerences abouen alle
? inges. ? Certys q{uo}d I it nys no doute ? at it nis ry? t wor? i to ben
reuerenced. ? Lat vs q{uo}d she ? an adden reuerence to suffisaunce {and}
to power ? So ? at we demen ? at ? ise ? re ? inges ben alle o ? ing. ? Certis
q{uo}d I lat vs adden it. yif we willen graunten ? e so? e. what demest
? ou ? an q{uo}d she is ? at a dirke ? ing {and} nat noble ? at is
suffisau{n}t reu{er}ent {and} my? ty. or ellys ? at is ry? t clere {and}
ry? t noble of celebrete of renou{n}. ? Considere ? an q{uo}d she as we
han grau{n}tid her byforne. ? at he ?