Fulfild of werre and of mortalite.
Here fame abit, bot al is vanite;
For deth, which hath the werres under fote,
Hath mad an ende of which ther is no bote.
So mai a man the sothe wite and knowe,[1961]
That pes is good for every king to have:
The fortune of the werre is evere unknowe, 290
Bot wher pes is, ther ben the marches save.[1962]
That now is up, to morwe is under grave;
The mighti god hath alle grace in honde,