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Show ENGILIS Suffife unto the gode though it be {mall - For horde hagh hate, and climbyng tikilnefle Prece hath envie, and wele it brent cer all Savour no more then the behovin fhall Rede well thy felf, that othir folke canft rede And trouthe the fhall delivir it 'is no drede Painé the not eche crokid to redrefle In truft of her that tournith as a balle ‘Grete reft ftandith in litil bufineffe Beware alfo to fpurne again a nalle Strive not as doith a crocke with a walle Demith thy felf that demift othir's dede And trouthe the fhall deliver it 'is no drede That the is fent receve in buxomenefle The wraftlyng of this worlde afkith a fall Here is no home here 1s but wildirnefle Forthe pilgrim, forthe o beft out of thy ftall 1.oke up on high, and thanke thy God of all Weivith thy lufte and let thy ghoft the lede And trouthe the fhall delivir, it 'is no drede Balade of the village without paintyng PIYHIS wretchid world'is tranfmutacio As wele and wo, nowe pore, and now honour Without ordir or due difcrecio Govirnid is by fortune'is errour But nathelefle the lacke of her favou Ne maie not doe me fyng though that I die J?ay tout perdu, mon temps & mon labeu For finally fortune I doe defie Yet is me left the fight of my refou To knowin frende fro foe in thy mirrour So moche hath yet thy tournyng up and doun I taughtin-me to knowin in an hour But truily no force of thy reddou To hym that ovir hymfelf hath maittrie My fuffifaunce ythal be my fuccour -For finally fortune I do defie - 'O Socrates, thou ftedfaft champion She ne might nevir be thy turmentour Thou nevir dreddift her oppreflion Ne in her chere foundin thou no favour ‘Thou knewe wele the difceipt of her colour And that her mofte worlhip is for to lie I knowe her eke a falfe diffimulour For finally fortune I do defie ‘The anfwere of Fortune ""No man is wretchid but hymfelf it wene He that yhath hymfelf hath fuffifaunce ‘Why faieft thou then I am to the fo kene ! . That hath thy felf out of my govirnaunce Saie thus grant mercie of thin habundaunce e of Chiiuoz F L1E fro the prefe and dwell with fothfaftnefie e I A N:GIU A ‘That thou halt lent or this, thou fhalt not ftrive ‘What woft thou yet how I the woll avaunce And eke thou haft thy beft¢ frende alive I have the taught divifion betwen Frende of effecte, and frende of countinaunce The nedith not the gallé of an hine That curith eyin derke for ther penaunce Now feeft thou clere that wee in ignoraunce Yet holt thine anker, and thou maieft ariv ™ There bountie bereth the key of my fubftaunce And eke thou hafte thy befte frende alive How many have I refufed to fuftene Sith T have the foftrid in thy plefaunce Wolt thou then make a ftatute on thy quene That I fhall be aie at thine ordinaunce Thou born art in my reign of variaunce About the whele with othir muft thou driv My lore is bet, then wicke is thy grevaunce And eke thou haft befte frende alive. The anfwere to Fortune Thy lore T dampne, it 1s adverfitie My frend maift thou not revin blind goddefie That I thy frendis knowe I thanke it the Take *hem again, let *hem go lie a prefie The nigardis in kepyng ther richefl Pronoftike is thou wolt ther tour affaile Wicke appetite cometh aie before fickeneffe In generall this rule ne maie not faile Fortune Thou pinchift at my mutabilitie For I the lent a droppe of my richefle An now me likith to withdrawin me Why fhouldift thou my roialtie oppreffe The {e maie ebbe and flowin more and lefie The welkin hath might to thine, rain, and haile Right fo muit I kithin my brotilnefie In generall this rule ne maie not faile The Plaintiffe Lo the' execucion of the majeftie That all purveighith of his rightwifenefe That famé thyng fortune yclepin ye Ye blindé beftis full of leudénefs The heven hath propirtie of fikirnefs This worldé hath evir reftlelle travaile The laft daie is the ende of myne entreffe In generall this rule ne maie not faile Th' envoye of Fortune e f n i n g u y o y a p c i P i p a cr u t m a m th n Ie e f n f b th y i i q l fh A i p hi o h v l r t li And if y l e e b n hi o d e f be hi Praie y i t a i m h t ft i t b m f t Tha N !‘7 at L |