My purpose changit oft.

Then Dreid, with Danger and Dispaire,

Forbad my minting anie mair

To raxe aboue my reiche[1459].

“Quhat, tusche!” quod Curage, “man, go to,

He is bot daft that hes ado[1460],

And spairis for euery speiche.

For I haue oft hard wise men say,

And we may see our-sellis,

That fortune helps the hardie ay,