No More Learning

{a}t thow owhtest to leten this a lytel
thing / ? {a}t this aspre {and} horible fortune hath discoueryd to the /
the thowhtes of thy trewe frendes // For-why this ilke fortune hath
departyd {and} vncou{er}yd to the bothe the certeyn vysages {and} ek the
dowtos visages of thy felawes // wha{n} she dep{ar}tyd awey fro the /
she took awey hyr frendes {and} lafte the thyne frendes // now whan thow
wer{e} ryche {and} weleful as the semede / w{i}t{h} how mochel
woldesthow han bowht the fulle knowynge of this // ? {a}t is to seyn the
knowynge of thy verray freendes // now pleyne the nat thanne of Rychesse
. I. -lorn syn thow hast fowndyn the moste p{re}syos kynde of Rychesses
? {a}t is to seyn thy verray frendes.


QUOD MU{N}DUS STABILI FIDE.

[Sidenote: [The viij Met{ur}. ]]

++THat ? ^e world w{i}t{h} stable feith / varieth acordable chaungynges
// ? {a}t the contraryos qualite of element? holden among{e} hem self
aliau{n}ce p{er}durable / ? {a}t pheb{us} the sonne w{i}t{h} his goldene
chariet / bryngeth forth the rosene day / ? {a}t the mone hath
{com}mau{n}dement ou{er} the nyhtes // whiche nyhtes hesp{er}us the eue
sterre hat browt // ? {a}t ?
^e se gredy to flowen constreyneth w{i}t{h} a
certeyn ende hise floodes / so ? {a}t it is nat l[e]ueful to strechche
hise brode termes or bowndes vp-on the erthes // ? {a}t is to seyn to
cou{er}e alle the erthe // Al this a-cordau{n}ce of thinges is bownden
w{i}t{h} looue / ? {a}t gou{er}neth erthe {and} see / {and} hath also
{com}mau{n}dement? to the heuenes / {and} yif this looue slakede the
brydelis / alle thinges ? {a}t now louen hem to gederes / wolden maken a
batayle contynuely {and} stryuen to fordoon the fasou{n} of this worlde
/ the which they now leden in acordable feith by fayre moeuynges // this
looue halt to gideres poeples Ioygned w{i}t{h} an hooly bond / {and}
knytteth sacrement of maryages of chaste looues // And loue enditeth
lawes to trewe felawes // O weleful weer{e} mankynde / yif thilke loue
? {a}t gouerneth heuene gouerned[e] yowr{e} corages /

EXPLICIT LIB{ER} 2_^us_.




INCIPIT LIB{ER} 3. _^us_


IAM CANTU{M} ILLA FINIERAT.

[Sidenote: [The fyrste p{ro}se. ]]

++By this she hadde endid hir{e} song{e} / whan the swetnesse of hir{e}
ditee hadde thorw p{er}ced me ? {a}t was desirous of herkninge / {and}
. I. astoned hadde yit streyhte myn Eres / ? {a}t is to seyn to herkne the
bet / what she wolde seye // so ? {a}t a litel her{e} aft{er} .