inges ?at ben don
for som o?er ?inge. but ?ilke ordre p{ro}cedynge by an vneschewable
byndynge to-gidre. whiche ?at descende? fro ?e wel of purueaunce ?at
ordeine? alle ?inges i{n} hir{e} places {and} in hire tymes make? ?at ?
e
causes rennen {and}
assemblen
to-gidre.
RUPIS ACHEMENIE.
[Sidenote: [The fyrste Met{ur}.]]
++TIgris [{and}] eufrates resoluen {and} spryngen of a welle in ?e
kragges of ?e roche of ?e contre of achemenye ?er{e} as ?e fleenge
[batayle] ficchi? hire dartes reto{ur}nid in ?e brestes of hem ?at
folwen hem. ? And sone aftre ?e same ryueres tigris {and} eufrates
vnioygne{n} {and} dep{ar}ten hir{e} watres. and yif ?