And honour oftsiss chaungith gude thewis;
Thare is no more perilous pestilence
Than hie estate geven unto schrewis.
Quod Chaucere.
XXVI. From MS. Arch. Seld. B. 24, fol. 119; I give rejected spellings. 3. Rycht; grete. 7. perilouss.
XXVII. LEAULTE VAULT RICHESSE.
This warldly joy is only fantasy,
Of quhich non erdly wicht can be content;