++Al þe linage of men þat ben i{n} erþe ben of semblable 2164 burþe. [Sidenote: They have one father and one king, who gave the moon her horns, and adorned the sun with his rays.] On al one is fadir of þinges. On alone minyst[r]eþ alle þinges. ¶ He ȝaf to þe sonne hys bemes. he ȝaf to þe moone hir hornes. [Sidenote: The same gave the earth to man and adorned the sky with stars.] he ȝaf þe men to þe erþe. he ȝaf þe sterres to þe heuene. [Sidenote: He breathed into man the breath of life.] ¶ he encloseþ 2168 wiþ membres þe soules þat comen fro hys heye sete. [[pg 79]] [Sidenote: All men spring from this illustrious source.] ¶ þanne comen alle mortal folk of noble seed. [Sidenote: Why then do they boast of pedigree?] whi noysen ȝe or bosten of ȝoure eldris [Sidenote: He alone is ignoble who submits to vice and forgets his noble origin.] ¶ For yif þou look[e] ȝoure bygy{n}ny{n}g. and god ȝoure aucto{ur} {and} 2172 ȝoure makere. þan is þer no forlyued wyȝt but ȝif he norisse his corage vnto vices {and} forlete his p{ro}pre burþe. [Linenotes: 2166 _hys_--hyse 2167 _hir_--hyse 2169 _fro hys_--fram hyse 2170 _seed_--sede 2171 _bosten_--MS. voscen, C. bosten 2172 _look[e]_--loke] [Headnote: SENSUAL PLEASURES FULL OF ANXIETY.] QUID AUTEM DE CORPORIBUS.[6] [Footnote 6: Read _corporis voluptatibus_.] [Sidenote: [The 7^the p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: But what shall I say with respect to sensual pleasures, the desire of which is full of anxiety, and the enjoyment of them full of repentance?] ++But what shal I seie of delices of body. of whic[h]e 2176 delices þe desiringes ben ful of anguisse. {and} þe fulfillinges of he{m} ben ful of penaunce. [Sidenote: What diseases and intolerable pains (the merited fruits of vice) are these delights wont to bring upon those who enjoy them!] ¶ How grete sekenesse {and} how grete sorwes vnsuffrable ryȝt as a manere fruit of wickednesse ben þilke delices wont to 2180 bryngen to þe bo[d]ies of folk þat vsen hem. [Sidenote: I am unable to see what joy is to be found in the gratification of them.] ¶ Of whiche delices I not what ioye may ben had of hir moeuyng. [Sidenote: The remembrance of criminal indulgence brings with it bitter remorse.] ¶ But þis woot I wel þat who so euere wil remembren hym of hys luxuries. he shal wel vndirstonde. 2184 þat þe issues of delices ben sorowful {and} sory. [Sidenote: If such things make men happy, then may brutes attain to felicity, since by their instinct they are urged to satisfy their bodily delights.]