[Linenotes: 680 _hast left_--MS. haste lefte, C. hast left 681 _knowe_--knowen _pleynelyche knowen_--pleynly fwonde [= founde] 684 _sorwest þou_--sorwistow 686 _for[þi] demest [þou]_--For thy demesthow 687 _wikked_--MS. wilked, C. wykkyd 688 _worlde_--world 689 _wenest þou_--wenestow 690 _outen_--owte 693 _haþ_--MS. haþe _al_--alle 694 _þi_--thin 696 _vnderput_--vndyrputte 697 _to_ (2)--omitted 698 _fore_--for _noþing_--nothinge 699 _spark þine heet_--sparke thin hete 700 _muche_--meche 702 _aweye_--away 703 [_of----opyniouns_]--from C. 705 _insyȝt_--insyhte _say_--assaye 706 _lyȝt_--lyhte 708 _don_--MS. don{e} _mow[e]_--mowe] [[pg 29]] [Headnote: HE IS NOT TO TAKE HIS LOSSES TO HEART.] NUBIB{US} ATRIS CONDITA. [Sidenote: [The seuende Metyr.]] [Sidenote: Black clouds obscure the light of the stars.] ++ÞE sterres cou{er}ed wiþ blak[e] cloudes ne mowen geten a dou{n} no lyȝt. [Sidenote: If the south wind renders the sea tempestuous, the waves, fouled with mud, will lose their glassy clearness.] Ȝif þe trouble wy{n}de þat hyȝt auster stormynge {and} walwy{n}g þe see medleþ þe 712 heete þat is to seyne þe boylyng vp from þe botme ¶ Þe wawes þ{a}t somtyme weren clere as glas {and} lyke to þe fair[e] bryȝt[e] dayes wiþstant anon þe syȝtes of men. by þe filþe {and} ordure þat is resolued. 716 {and} þe fletyng streme þat royleþ dou{n} dyuersely fro heyȝe mou{n}taignes is arestid {and} resisted ofte tyme by þe encountrynge of a stoon þ{a}t is dep{ar}tid {and} fallen from some roche. 720 [Sidenote: If thou wouldst see truth by the clearest light, pursue the path of right.] ¶ And forþi yif þou wilt loken {and} demen soþe wiþ clere lyȝt. {and} holde þe weye wiþ a ryȝt paþe. [Sidenote: Away with joy, fear, hope, and sorrow.] ¶ Weyue þou ioie. drif fro þe drede. fleme þou hope. ne lat no sorwe ap{ro}che. [Sidenote: Let none of these passions cloud thy mind.] þat is to sein lat noon of þise four passiou{n}s ouer come þe. 724 or blynde þe. [Sidenote: Where these things control, the soul is bound by strong fetters.] for cloudy {and} dirke is þilk þouȝt {and} bounde w{i}t{h} bridles. where as þise þinges regnen. EXPLICIT LIBER PRIMUS.