1145 clere—cleer
certeyne—certeyn
1147 al—alle
1150 haþ—MS. haþe
fruit—frut
1152 myȝt[e]—myhte
1153 make—maken
self[e]—selue
RICHES HAVE NO INTRINSIC VALUE.
[QUISQUIS UOLET][2][ PERHENNEM CAUTUS.] [2] MS. ualet.
What maner He who would have a stable and lasting seat must not build upon lofty hills; nor upon the sands, if he would escape the violence of winds and waves. man stable and war þat wil founden hym
a perdurable sete and ne wil not be cast doune [1156]
wiþ þe loude blastes of þe wynde Eurus. and wil dispise
þe see manassynge wiþ floodes ¶ Lat hym eschewe to
bilde on þe cop of þe mountayngne. or in þe moyste
sandes. ¶ For þe fel[le] wynde auster tourmenteþ þe cop [1160]
of þe mountayngne wiþ alle his strengþes. ¶ and þe
lowe see sandes refuse to beren þe heuy weyȝte. If thou wilt flee perilous fortune, lay thy foundation upon the firmer stone, so that thou mayst grow old in thy stronghold. and
forþi yif þou wolt flee þe perilous auenture þat is to
seine of þe worlde ¶ Haue mynde certeynly to ficchyn [1164]
þi house of a myrie site in a lowe stoone. ¶ For al
þouȝ þe wynde troublyng þe see þondre wiþ ouereþrowynges
¶ Þou þat art put in quiete and welful by
strengþe of þi palys shalt leden a cleer age. scornyng [1168]
þe wodenesses and þe Ires of þe eir.
1155, 1156, 1157 wil—wole
1156 be cast—MS. be caste, C. ben cast