After the court which al ordeigneth,

I wol the tellen the manere;

Nou lest, mi Sone, and thou schalt hiere.

[Jupiter’s Two Tuns.]

For the fortune of every chance

After the goddes pourveance

Hic narrat secundum Poetam, qualiter in suo celario Iupiter duo dolea habet, quorum primum liquoris dulcissimi, secundum amarissimi plenum consistit, ita quod ille cui fatata est prosperitas de dulci potabit, alter vero, cui aduersabitur, poculum gustabit amaram.

To man it groweth from above,

So that the sped of every love

Is schape there, er it befalle.[730]