might, and atempreth the governements of the world, and the

shyninge Iuge of thinges, stable in him-self, governeth the [swifte]

[cart] or wayn, that is to seyn, the circuler moevinge of the sonne.

And yif thy wey ledeth thee ayein so that thou be brought thider,

thanne wolt thou seye now that that is the contree that thou

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requerest, of which thou ne haddest no minde: "[but now] it

remembreth me wel, heer was I born, [heer wol I fastne my]

[degree], heer wole I dwelle." [But yif] thee lyketh thanne to loken

on the derknesse of the erthe that thou hast forleten, thanne