alle þise oþer þinges forsoþe 1796 ben taken for cause of power. or ellis for cause of delit. [Sidenote: The goods of the body fall under the same predicament.] ¶ Certis now am I redy to referen þe goodes of þe body to þise forseide þinges abouen. [Sidenote: Strength and a good stature seem to give power and worthiness.] ¶ For it semeþ þ{a}t strengþe {and} gretnesse of body ȝeuen power {and} 1800 worþinesse. [Sidenote: Beauty and swiftness give glory and fame; and health gives delight.] ¶ and þat beaute {and} swiftenesse ȝeuen noblesse {and} glorie of renou{n}. {and} hele of body semeþ ȝiuen delit. [Sidenote: In all these happiness alone is sought.] ¶ In alle þise þi{n}g{us} it semeþ oonly þat blisfulnesse is desired. [Sidenote: What a man most wishes for, that he esteems the supreme good, which, as we have defined, is happiness.] ¶ For-whi þilke þing þat euery 1804 man desireþ moost ouer alle þinges. he demiþ þat be þe souereyne goode. ¶ But I haue diffined þat blisfulnesse is þe souereyne goode. for whiche euery wyȝt demiþ þat þilke estat þat he desireþ ouer alle þinges þat 1808 it be þe blisfulnesse. [Sidenote: Thou hast now before thee a view of human felicity (falsely so called), that is, riches, honours, power, glory, and delight, which last _Epicurus_ considered as the sovereign good.] ¶ Now hast þou þan byforne [thy eyen] almost al þe p{ur}posed forme of þe welfulnesse of ma{n}ky{n}de. þat is to seyne rycchesse. hono{ur}s. power. glorie. {and} delitȝ. þe whiche delit oonly considered 1812 Epicurus Iuged {and} establissed. þat delit is þe souereyne goode. for as myche as alle oþer þinges as hym þouȝt[e] by-refte awey ioie {and} myrþe fro{m} þe herte. [Sidenote: I now return to the inclinations and pursuits of mankind.] ¶ But I reto{ur}ne aȝeyne to þe studies of meen. 1816 of whiche men þe corage alwey rehersiþ {and} seekeþ þe [[pg 67]] souereyne goode of alle be it so þ{a}t it be wiþ a derke memorie [but he not by whiche paath]. [Sidenote: Their minds are bent upon the chief good, and are ever seeking it with a darkened understanding, like a drunken man, who cannot find his way home.] ¶ Ryȝt as a dronke ma{n} not nat by whiche paþe he may reto{ur}ne 1820 home to hys house. [Sidenote: Do they go astray who strive to keep themselves from want?] ¶ Semeþ it þanne þat folk folyen {and} erren þat enforcen he{m} to haue nede of no þing