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at ? e victories cause
liked[e] to ? e goddes {and} causes ouercomen liked[e] to 4004
cato{u}n.

[Sidenote: When you see apparent irregularities--unexpected and
unwished for--deem them to be rightly done. ]

? an what so euer ? ou mayst seen ? at is don in
? is [world] vnhoped or vnwened. certys it is ? e ry? t[e]
ordre of ? inges. but as to ? i wicked[e] oppiniou{n} it is a
co{n}fusiou{n}.
[Sidenote: Let us suppose a man so well behaved, as to be approved
of God and man--but not endowed with firmness of mind, so that the
reverses of fortune will cause him to forgo his probity, since
with it he cannot retain his prosperity. ]

but I suppose ? at som man be so wel y? ewed. 4008
? at ? e deuyne Iugement {and} ? e Iugeme{n}t of mankynde
accorden hem to gidre of hym. but he is so vnstedfast
of corage [? at] yif any aduersite come to hym he wolde
for-leten p{er}auenture to continue i{n}nocence by ? e 4012
whiche he ne may nat wi? holden fortune.

[Sidenote: A wise Providence, knowing that adversity might destroy
this man's integrity, averts from him that adversity which he is
not able to sustain. ]

[Sidenote: [* fol. 31 _b_. ]]

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