it my?test ?ou haue knowe{n} ?e senectiens {and} ?e
Canyos {and} ?e sorancis of wyche folk ?e renou{n} is ney?er ouer oolde
ne vnsolempne. ? ?e whiche men no ?ing ellys ne brou?t[e] hem to ?e dee?
but oonly for ?
ei weren
enfourmed
of my maneres.
{and} semede{n} moste
vnlyke to ?e studies of wicked folk. ? And for?i ?ou au?test not to
wondre ?ou? ?{a}t I in ?e bitter see of ?is lijf be fordryuen wi?
tempestes blowyng aboute. in ?e whiche te{m}peste ?
