PROLOUG DE L’AUCTOR G. C.
In the monyth of June, I lyeng sole alon
Under the umber[246] of an oke with bowes pendant,
Whan Phebus in Gemynys had his course overgon
And entered Cancer, a sygne retrogradant,
In a mean measure his beams radyant,
Approaching Leo, than mused I in mynd
Of fykkellness of Fortune and the course of kynd[247];
How some are by fortune exalted to riches,