“What ys it to trust the mutabylyte
Of this world whan no thyng may endure.”
[165] cheryfayre] MS. “cheyfeyre.”
[166] I se wyll, &c.] This stanza only found in MS.
[167] This] See notes.
[168] lyst] MS. “lust”—against the rhyme.
[169] chest] MS. “chestys”—against the rhyme.
[170] euer to incroche] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “ouer to,” &c. MS. gives this line and the next thus:
“And more to encrese was myne entent
And not beynge ware who shuld it ocupye.”