Amonges thise thinges sitteth the heye maker, king and lord,
welle and biginninge, lawe and wys Iuge, to don equitee; and
governeth and enclyneth the brydles of thinges. [And tho] thinges
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that he stereth to gon by moevinge, he withdraweth and aresteth;
and affermeth the moevable or wandringe thinges. [For yif] that
he ne clepede ayein the right goinge of thinges, and yif that he ne
constreinede hem nat eft-sones in-to roundnesses enclynede, the
thinges that ben now continued by stable ordinaunce, they sholden
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