e myschief of fortune. 1024
syn ?ou hast ?it ?i best[e] ?inges. ? Certys ?it
lyue? in goode poynt ?ilke p{re}cious hono{ur} of mankynde.
[Sidenote: Symmachus, dear to you as life, is safe and in health.]
? Symacus ?i wyues fadir whiche ?
at is a
man maked al of
sapience
{and} of vertue.
?e whiche 1028
man ?ou woldest b[i]en redely wi? ?e pris of ?in owen
lijf. he byweyle? ?e wronges ?at men don to ?ee. {and}
not for hym self. for he liue? in sykernesse of any
sentence put a?eins him.
