? O ?e er?elyche bestes considere ?e nat ouer whiche
?ing ?at it seme? ?at ?e han power.
[Sidenote: If thou sawest a mouse assuming command over other
mice, wouldst thou not almost burst with laughter?]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 13 _b_.]]
? Now yif ?
ou
say[e] a mouse
amo{n}g{us}
*o?
er myse ?at chalenged[e] to 1380
hymself ward ry?t {and} power ouer alle o?er myse. how
gret scorne woldest ?ou han of hit. ? _Glosa._ ? So
fare? it by men. ?e body ha? power ouer ?e body.
