In general this rewle may nat fayle [56]
Le respounce de fortune countre le pleintif
¶ Thow pynchest at my mutabylyte
For .I. the lente a drope of my rychesse
And now me lykyth to with-drawe me
Whi sholdysthow my realte apresse [60]
The see may ebbe and flowen moore or lesse
The welkne hath myht to shyne reyne or hayle
Ryht so mot .I. kythen my brutelnesse
In general this rewle may nat fayle [64]