light, and [holden] the wey with a right path, [weyve] thou Ioye,
dryf fro thee drede, fleme thou hope, ne lat no sorwe aproche;
that is to seyn, lat non of thise four passiouns over-comen thee
or blende thee. For cloudy and derke is thilke thought, and
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bounde with brydles, where-as thise thinges regnen.'
Me. VII. 1. C. Ed. yeten; A. geten. 2. C. A. wynde. 4. C. Ed. whilom; A. somtyme. 5. C. lyk; A. lyke. // C. cleere dayes and brihte; A. bryȝt dayes. // C. withstand; A. withstant. 7. C. hy; A. heyȝe. 9. C. fram. 14. C. A. dirke. 15. C. were (for where). // C. reygnen; A. regnen.
Explicit Liber Primus.