_p._ þilke man q{uo}d she þat 2340 sekeþ rychesse to fleen pouerte. he ne trauayleþ hym nat to for to gete power for he haþ leuer ben dirk {and} vile. {and} eke wiþdraweþ from hym selfe many naturel delitȝ for he nolde lesen þe moneye þat he haþ assembled. 2344 [Sidenote: He who lacks power, is pricked with trouble, and rendered an outcast and obscure by his sordid ways, does not possess sufficiency.] but certis in þis manere he ne getiþ hym nat [[pg 85]] suffisaunce þat power forletiþ. {and} þat moleste p{re}keþ. {and} þat filþe makeþ outcaste. {and} þat derknesse hideþ. [Sidenote: He who only aims at power squanders his riches, and despises delights and honours unaccompanied by power.] and certis he þ{a}t desireþ only power he wastiþ {and} 2348 scatriþ rychesse {and} dispiseþ delices {and} eke hono{ur} þat is wiþ out power. ne he ne p{re}iseþ glorie no þing. [Linenotes: 2310 _haþ_--MS. haþe 2312 _whiche_--whych _myȝt[e]_--myhte 2314 _clerenesse_--clernesse _myȝt[e]_--myhte _febler_--the febeler{e} 2315 _seyne_--seyn 2317 _haþ_--MS. haþe 2324 _haþ_--MS. haþe 2325 _his_--hyse 2326 _myrie_--mery 2327 _wenest_--whennes 2328 _sorow myȝt[e]_--sorwe myhte 2329 _graunt[e]_--grau{n}te 2331 _be_--ben _also certys_--certes also 2333 _haþ_--MS. haþe 2334 _nedely_--nedly 2335 _þinge_--thing 2337 _gete_--geten 2338 _haþ_--MS. haþe _þilk[e]_--thilke 2339 _none_--non _hole_--hool 2340 _whiche_--whych 2341 _rychesse_--Rychesses _fleen_--MS. sleen, C. flen 2342 _leuer_--leu{er} 2343 _vile_--vyl _selfe_--self 2344 _delitȝ_--delices _lesen_--lese _haþ_--MS. haþe 2346 _prekeþ_--prykketh 2347 _derknesse_--dyrknesse 2349 _scatriþ_--schatereth _delices_--delycȝ 2350 _wiþ out_--w{i}t{h} owte] [Headnote: OF FALSE FELICITY.] ¶ Certys þus seest þou wel þat many þi{n}g{us} failen to hym. for he haþ somtyme faute of many necessites. 2352 [Sidenote: Such a one must be subject to many anxieties.] {and} many anguysses biten hym [Sidenote: And when he cannot get rid of these evils he ceases to have what he most desired--power.] ¶ {and} whan he may nat don þo defautes awey. he forleteþ to ben myȝty. {and} þat is þe þing þat he most desireþ. [Sidenote: In the same way honour, glory, and pleasure, are all inseparable; he that seeks one without the other will fail to obtain his desires.]