No More Learning

e witte of
hir fadir {and} of hir eldefadir.

[Sidenote: And since it is the chief care of man to preserve life;
you are still most happy in the possession of blessings which all
men value more than life. ]

and si? en ? e souereyn
cure of alle mortel folke is to sauen hir owe{n} lyues.

[Linenotes:
1008 _so? e_--soth
_Ne I may_--Ne I ne may
1009 _seine_--seyn
1011 _a_--omitted
_gretly_--gretely
1012 _aduersitees_--adu{er}syte
1013 _most_--mooste
1014 _abaist_--abyest
1015 _tourment_--torment?
_fals[e]_--false
1016 _sei? _--MS. sei? e, C. seyh
1017 _? itte_--yit
1019 _leueful_--leefful
1020 _many[e] ? inges_--manye grete thinges
1022 _alle_--al
1023 _? e by_--the yit by
1024 _myschief_--meschef
1025 _best[e]_--beste
1026 _lyue?
_--leueth
_goode_--good
1027 _whiche_--which
1028 _al_--alle
_of_ (2)--omitted
1029 _b[i]en_--byen
_owen_--owne
1030 _byweyle? _--bewayleth
_don_--MS. done, C. don
1031 _liue? _--leueth
1033 _witte_--wyt
_women_--wymmen
1034 _shortly_--shortely
1035 _lyke_--lik
_welle_--wel
1036 _hir life_--this lyf
1037 _maat_--maad
1038 _whiche_--weche
1039 _amenused_--amenyssed
_seyn_--(MS. seyne) seyn
1041 _lyknesse_--lykenesse
_witte_--wyt
1042 {and} (1)--or
_eldefadir_--eldyr fadyr
_si? en_--syn
1043 _folke_--folk]

[Headnote:
THE CONDITION OF HUMAN BLISS. ]

? O how weleful art ? ou ? ou? ? ou knowe ? i goodes. 1044
? But ?