Stant, why no worldes thing mai laste,

Til it be drive to the laste.

And fro the ferste regne of alle[143]

Into this day, hou so befalle, 580

Of that the regnes be muable

The man himself hath be coupable,

Which of his propre governance

Fortuneth al the worldes chance.

[Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream.]

v. Prosper et aduersus obliquo tramite versus