þe sonne ymoeued by hys rody fire. ne destourbiþ nat þe colde cercle of þe moone. ¶ Ne þe sterre yclepid þe bere. þ{a}t encliniþ hys rauyssynge 4124 courses abouten þe souereyne heyȝt of þe worlde. ne þe same sterre vrsa nis neuer mo wasshen in þe depe westerne see. ne coueitiþ nat to dyȝen hys flaumbes in þe see of [the] occian. al þouȝ he see oþer sterres yplounged 4128 in to þe see. [Sidenote: Vesper always makes its wonted appearance at eve. Lucifer ushers in the morn.] ¶ And hesperus þe sterre bodiþ {and} telliþ alwey þe late nyȝtes. And lucifer þe sterre bryngeþ aȝeyne þe clere day. [Sidenote: So mutual love moves all things, and from the starry region banishes all strife.] ¶ And þus makiþ loue enterchaungeable þe p{er}durable courses. {and} þus 4132 is discordable bataile yput oute of þe contre of þe sterres. [Sidenote: This concord in equal measures tempers the elements, so that the moist atoms war no more with the dry, nor heat with cold contends; but the aspiring flame soars aloft, while down the heavy earth descends.] þis accordaunce atte{m}preþ by euene-lyke manere[s] þe elementes. þat þe moyste þinges striuen nat wiþ þe drye þinges. but ȝiuen place by stoundes. and þat þe 4136 colde þinges ioynen hem by feiþ to þe hote þinges. {and} þat þe lyȝt[e] fyre arist in to heyȝte. {and} þe heuy erþes aualen by her weyȝtes. [Sidenote: By these same causes the flowing year yields sweet smells in the warm spring-tide; the hot summer ripens the corn.] ¶ by þise same cause þe floury yere ȝeldeþ swote smellys in þe fyrste somer sesou{n} 4140 warmynge. {and} þe hote somer dryeþ þe cornes. [Sidenote: Autumn comes crowned with plenty, and winter wets the earth with showers.] {and} autumpne comeþ aȝeyne heuy of apples. and þe fletyng [[pg 144]] reyne bydeweþ þe wynter. þis attemp{er}aunce noryssiþ {and} brynggeþ furþe al þinge þat brediþ lyfe in þis 4144 worlde. [Sidenote: These changes give life and growth to all that breathe; and at last by death efface whatever has had birth.] [Sidenote: [* fol. 32 _b_.]] ¶ and þilk same attemp{er}aunce rauyssyng hideþ {and} bynymeþ {and} drencheþ vndir þe last[e] deþe alle *þinges yborn. [Sidenote: Meanwhile the world’s Creator, the Source of all, the Lawgiver, the wise Judge, sits above equitably directing all things.] ¶ Amonges þise þinges sitteþ þe heye makere kyng {and} lorde. welle {and} bygynnynge. lawe 4148 {and} wise Iuge. to don equite {and} gouerniþ {and} encliniþ þe bridles of þinges. [Sidenote: Those things which have been set in motion by him are also checked and forced to move in an endless round, lest they go from their source, and become chaotic.]