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3743 [_the_]--from C.
3745 [_by_]--from C.
3746 _hastisi? _--hasteth
_owen wille_--owne wyl
3747 [_the_]--from C.
3749 _boore_--boor
_te? e_--teth
3750 _swerde_--swerd
3751 _her_--hir
3752 _wilne_--wylnen
3753 _enterchaungynge_--entrechaungynges]


[Headnote:
THE OPERATIONS OF CHANCE. ]

HINC EGO UIDEO INQ{UA}M. {ET} CET{ERA}.

[Sidenote: [The fyfthe p{ro}se. ]]

[Sidenote: _B. _ I see plainly the nature of that felicity which
attends the virtues of the good, and of the misery that follows
the vices of the wicked. ]

++? us see I wel q{uo}d I. ey? er what blisfulnesse or ellys
what vnselinesse is estab[l]issed in ?
e desertys of
goode men {and} of shrewes.

[Sidenote: But in Fortune I see a mixture of good and evil. The
wise man prefers riches, &c. , to poverty, &c. ]

? but in ? is ilke fortune
of poeple I see somwhat of goode. {and} somwhat of 3760
yuel. for no wise man ha? nat leuer ben exiled pore
{and} nedy {and} nameles. ? an forto dwellen in hys Citee
{and} flouren of rychesses. {and} be redoutable by honoure.
{and} stronge of power

[Sidenote: And wisdom appears more illustrious, when wise men are
governors and impart their felicity to their subjects; and when
imprisonment, torture, &c. , are inflicted only upon bad citizens. ]

for in ?