In mannys soule resonable
Hath schape to be perdurable,
Wherof the man of his feture
Above alle erthli creature
Aftir the soule is immortal,
To thilke lord in special, 2980
P. iii. 379
As he which is of alle thinges
The creatour, and of the kynges
Hath the fortunes uppon honde,