[Sidenote: The sea sometimes appears calm, and at other times
terrifies us with its tempestuous waves.]
? ?e see ha? eke hys ry?t to be somtyme
calme {and} blaundyshing wi? smo?e water. {and}
somtyme to be horrible wi? wawes {and} wi? tempestes.
[Sidenote: Shall I be bound to constancy by the
covetousness
of
men?
]
? But ?e couetyse of men ?at may not be staunched 868
shal it bynde me to be stedfast. syn ?at stedfastnesse
is vnkou? to my maneres. ? Swyche is my streng?e.
[Sidenote: I turn my rolling wheel and amuse myself with exalting
what was low, and bringing down what was high.]
{and} ?is pley. I pley[e] co{n}tinuely. I tourne ?
