No More Learning

e bitter see of ? is lijf be
fordryuen wi? tempestes blowyng aboute. [[pg 12]]

[Sidenote: It is the aim of Philosophy to displease the wicked,
who are more to be despised than dreaded, for they have no
leader. ]

in ? e whiche
te{m}peste ? is is my most p{ur}pos ? at is to seyn to displese 216
to wikked[e] men. ? Of whiche schrews al be
? e oost neuer so grete it is to dispyse. for it nis gouerned
wi? no leder of resoune. but it is rauysched only by
flityng errour folyly {and} ly? tly.
[Sidenote: If Philosophy is attacked by the wicked, she retires
within her fortress, leaving the enemy busy among the useless
baggage, and laughing to scorn such hunters of trifles. ]

? And if ? ei somtyme 220
maky{n}g an ost a? eynest vs assaile vs as strengere. oure
leder drawe? to gedir hys rycchesse i{n} to hys toure.
{and} ? ei ben ententif aboute sarpulers or sachels vnp{ro}fitable
forto taken. but we ? at ben hey? abouen syker 224
fro al tumulte {and} wode noise. ben stored {and} enclosed
in syche a palays. whider as ? at chateryng or anoying
folye ne may not attayne. ?