Yif ?e forme of ?is worlde is so
[?eelde] stable. {and} yif it to{ur}ni? by so many entrechau{n}gynges.
wilt ?ou ?a{n} truste{n} in ?e trublynge fortunes of me{n}. wilt ?ou
trowen i{n} flittyng goodes. It is certeyne {and} establissed by lawe
p{er}durable ?at no ?i{n}g ?
{a}t is
engendred
nys stedfast no stable.
TUNC EGO UERA INQ{UA}M.
[Sidenote: [The ferthe prose.]]
++?Anne seide I ?us. O norice of alle uertues ?ou seist ful so?e. ? Ne I
may nat forsake ?e ry?t[e] swifte cours of my p{ro}speritee. ?at is to
seine. ?
