With outen him pes mai nought longe stonde.[1963]
Of the Tenetz to winne or lese a chace,[1964]
Mai no lif wite er that the bal be ronne:
Al stant in god, what thing men schal pourchace,
Thende is in him er that it be begonne.
Men sein the wolle, whanne it is wel sponne,
Doth that the cloth is strong and profitable, 300
And elles it mai nevere be durable.[1965]
The worldes chaunces uppon aventure
Ben evere sett, bot thilke chaunce of pes