Eek ["who-so wol han leef, he leef mot lete;"]

Thus maketh vertue of necessitee

By pacience, and thenk that lord is he

Of fortune ay, that nought wol of hir recche;

And she ne daunteth no wight but a wrecche.

1590

228. And trusteth this, that certes, herte swete,

Er Phebus suster, [Lucina] the shene,

The Leoun passe out of this Ariete,

I wol ben here, with-outen any wene.