A weie which he thenkth to holde,

Audaces fortuna iuuat.

And seith, ‘Fortune unto the bolde(5100*)

Is favorable forto helpe.’

And thus withinne himself to yelpe,

As he which was a wylde man,

Upon his treson he began:

And up he sterte, and forth he wente

On horsebak, bot his entente

Ther knew no wiht, and thus he nam