sterre that highte [Arcturus] saw, ben waxen heye cornes whan the
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sterre [Sirius] eschaufeth hem. Ther nis no-thing unbounde from
[his olde lawe], ne forleteth the werke of his propre estat.
O thou governour, governinge alle thinges by certein ende, why
refusestow only to governe the werkes of men by dewe manere?
Why suffrest thou that slydinge fortune torneth so grete entrechaunginges
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of thinges, so that anoyous peyne, that sholde dewely
punisshe felouns, punissheth innocents? And folk of wikkede