[outen] noumbre dreden. ? O ?ou what so
euer ?ou be ?at knyttes[t] alle bondes of ?inges loke on ?ise
wrecched[e] er?es. we men ?at ben nat a foule party but a faire party of
so grete a werke we ben turmentid in ?e see of fortune. ? ?ou
gouerno{ur} wi?
draw {and}
restreyne
?
e rauyssinge flodes {and} fastne
{and} forme ?ise er?es stable wi? ?ilke [bonde] wi? whiche ?ou gouernest
?e heuene ?at is so large.
HIC UBI CONTINUATO DOLORE.
[Sidenote: [The fyfthe p{ro}se.]]
++Whan I hadde wi? a continuel sorwe sobbed or broken out ?ise ?inges
sche wi?
