His infortune it wolde noght.
So mai it schewe in sondri wise,
Betwen fortune and covoitise
P. ii. 209
The chance is cast upon a Dee;
Bot yit fulofte a man mai se
Ynowe of suche natheles,
Whiche evere pute hemself in press 2440
To gete hem good, and yit thei faile.
[Coveitise of Lovers.]