CU{M} PHEBI RADIIS G{RA}UE CA{N}C{R}I SID{US} ENESTUAT. [Sidenote: [The sixte met{ur}.]] [Sidenote: He who sows his seed when the sun is in the Sign of Cancer, must look for no produce.] ++Whan þat þe heuy sterre of þe cancre eschaufeþ by þe beme of pheb{us}. þat is to seyne whan þat pheb{us} 612 þe sonne is in þe signe of þe Cancre. Who so ȝeueþ þan largely hys sedes to þe feldes þat refuse to receiuen hem. lete hym gon bygyled of trust þat he hadde to hys corn. to acorns or okes. [Sidenote: Think not to ingather violets in the wintry and stormy season.] yif þou wilt 616 gadre violettȝ. ne go þou not to þe purp{er} wode whan þe felde chirkynge agriseþ of colde by þe felnesse of þe wynde þat hyȝt aquilon [Sidenote: If you wish for wine in autumn let the tendrils of the vine be free in the spring.] Yif þou desirest or ¶ wolt vsen grapes ne seke þou nat wiþ a gloto{n}us hande [[pg 26]] to streine {and} p{re}sse þe stalkes of þe vine in þe first 621 somer sesou{n}. for bachus þe god of wyne haþ raþer ȝeuen his ȝiftes to autu{m}pne þe latter ende of somer. [Sidenote: To every work God assigns a proper time, nor suffers anything to pass its bounds.] [Sidenote: [* fol. 8.]] ¶ God tokeniþ {and} assigneþ *þe tymes. ablyng hem 624 to her p{ro}pre offices. ¶ Ne he ne suffreþ not stoundes whiche þat hym self haþ deuided {and} co{n}streined to be medeled to gidre [Sidenote: Success does not await him who departs from the appointed order of things.] ¶ And forþi he þat forleteþ certeyne ordinaunce of doynge by ou{er}þrowyng wey. 628 he ne haþ no glade issue or ende of hys werkes. [Linenotes: 612 _beme_--beemes _seyne_--seyn 614 _hys_--hise _refuse_--refusen 615 after _hem_ C. adds [s. corn] _lete hym gon_ (MS. _gone_)--lat hym gon 616 _or_--of _wilt gadre_--wolt gadery 618 _felde_--feeld _felnesse_--felnesses 619 _hyȝt_--hyhte 620 _hande_--hond 622 _haþ_--MS. haþe 625 _her propre_--heer{e} propres _not_--nat the 626 _haþ_--MS. haþe 627 _be medeled_--ben I-medled 628 _certeyne_--certeyn 629 _haþ_--MS. haþe] [Headnote: DISCOVERS THE CAUSE OF HIS DISTEMPER.] PRIMU{M} IGITUR PATERIS ROGACIONIB{US}. [Sidenote: [The syxte p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: Philosophy proposes to question Boethius.] ++FIrst wolt þou suffre me to touche {and} assaie þe stat of þi þouȝt by a fewe demaundes. so þat I may vnderstonde what be þe manere of þi curac{i}ou{n}. ¶ Axe 632 me q{uod} .I. atte þi wille what þou wilt. {and} I schal answer{e}. [Sidenote: _P._ Is the world governed by Chance?]