ing is ?anne ?ilke power ?at ?ou? men han it ?at ?ei ben
agast. ? {and} whan ?ou woldest han it ?ou nart nat siker. ? And yif ?ou
woldest forleten it ?
ou mayst nat
eschewen
it.
? But whe?ir swiche men
ben frendes at nede as ben conseiled by fortune {and} nat by vertue.
Certys swiche folk as weleful fortune make? frendes. contrarious fortune
make? hem enmyse. ? And what pestilence is more my?ty forto anoye a wi?t
?an a familier enemy.
