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