No More Learning

at ? ou? men han it ? at ? ei ben
agast. ? {and} whan ? ou woldest han it ? ou nart nat siker. ? And yif ? ou
woldest forleten it ? ou mayst nat eschewen it. ? But whe?
ir swiche men
ben frendes at nede as ben conseiled by fortune {and} nat by vertue.
Certys swiche folk as weleful fortune make? frendes. contrarious fortune
make? hem enmyse. ? And what pestilence is more my? ty forto anoye a wi? t
? an a familier enemy.


QUI SE UALET ESSE POTENTEM.

[Sidenote: [The 5^the Met{ur}. ]]

++Who so wolde ben my? ty he mot dau{n}ten hys cruel corage. ne put[te]
nat his nekke ouercomen vndir ? e foule reines of lecherie.