woldest thou han bought the fulle knowinge of this, that is to seyn,
the knowinge of thy verray freendes? Now pleyne thee nat thanne
of richesse y-lorn, sin thou hast founden the moste precious kinde
of richesses, that is to seyn, thy verray freendes.
Pr. VIII. A. omits to end of bk. iii. pr. 1. 3. C. desseyuable. // C. desserueth. 7. So C.; Ed. vnplyten. 13. C. desseyueth. 17. C. maysthow. 30. C. woldesthow.
Metre VIII.
Quod mundus stabili fide.
[That the world with stable feith] varieth acordable chaunginges;
that the contrarious qualitee of elements holden among hem-self
aliaunce perdurable; that Phebus the sonne with his goldene