No More Learning

{and}
whan ? ou woldest han it ? ou nart nat siker. ? And 2108
yif ? ou woldest forleten it ? ou mayst nat eschewen it.

[Sidenote: No advantage is to be gained by friendship based on
prosperity instead of virtue. ]

? But whe? ir swiche men ben frendes at nede as ben
conseiled by fortune {and} nat by vertue.

[Sidenote: Adversity will turn this sort of friendship into
enmity. And what greater plague can there be than the enmity of
thy familiar friend? ]

Certys swiche
folk as weleful fortune make? frendes.
contrarious fortune [[pg 77]]
make? hem enmyse. ? And what pestilence is 2113
more my? ty forto anoye a wi? t ? an a familier enemy.

[Linenotes:
2077 _had[de]_--hadde
2078 _shewid[e]_--shewede
2079 _realmes_--Reaumes
_swerde_--swerd
_heng_--MS. henge, C. heng
2081 _besines_--bysynesse
2083 _? it_--yif
_glorifien_--gloryfye
2084 _? ilk[e]_--thylke
2087 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_environed_--enuyrownede
2088 [_hem_]--from C.
2089 _?