++Whan fortune wiþ a proude ryȝt hande haþ turnid hir chau{n}gyng stoundes she fareþ lyke þe maners 820 of þe boillyng eurippe. _Glose._ Eurippe is an arme of þe see þ{a}t ebbith {and} flowiþ. {and} somtyme þe streme is on one syde {and} somtyme on þat oþer. _Texte_ [Sidenote: She hurls kings from their thrones, and exalts the captive.] ¶ She cruel fortune kasteþ adoune kynges þat somtyme weren 824 ydred. {and} she deceiuable enhau{n}seth vp þe humble chere of hym þat is discomfited. [Sidenote: She turns a deaf ear to the tears and cries of the wretched.] {and} she neyþer hereþ ne reccheþ of wrecched[e] wepynges. {and} she is so harde þat she lauȝeþ {and} scorneþ þe wepyng of hem þe whiche 828 she haþ maked wepe wiþ hir free wille. [Sidenote: Thus she sports and boasts her power and presents a marvel to her servants if, in the space of an hour, a man is hurled from happiness into adversity.] ¶ Þus she pleyeþ {and} þ{us} she p{re}ueþ hir strengþe {and} sheweþ a grete wondre to alle hir seruau{n}tȝ. ¶ Yif þat a wyȝt is seyn weleful {and} ou{er}þrowe in an houre. 832 [Linenotes: 819 _proude_--prowd _hande_--hand _haþ_--MS. haþe 820 _lyke_--lik 821 _arme_--arm 822 _streme_--strem 823 _one_--o 821 _adoune_--adown _somtyme_--whilom 825 _ydred_ (MS. _ydredde_)--ydrad _humble_--vmble 827 _reccheþ_--rekkeþ _wrecched[e]_--wrecchede _harde_--hard 828 _lauȝeþ_--lyssheth _wepyng_--wepynges 830 _strengþe_--strengthes] [Headnote: PROSPERITY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE FELICITY.] VELLEM AUTE{M} PAUCA. [Sidenote: [The secunde p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: Philosophy expostulates with Boethius in the name of Fortune.] ++CErtis I wolde plete wiþ þee a fewe þinges vsynge þe wordes of fortune tak heede now þi self. yif þ{a}t she axeþ ryȝt. [Sidenote: Why do you accuse me (Fortune) as guilty?] [Sidenote: [* fol. 9 _b_.]] *¶ O þou man wher fore makest þou me gilty by þine euerydayes pleynynges. what wronges 836 haue I don þe. [Sidenote: What goods or advantages have I deprived you of?] what goodes haue I byreft þe þat weren þine. stryf or plete wiþ me by fore what iuge þat þou wilt of þe possessiou{n} of rycchesse or of dignites [Sidenote: Can you prove that ever any man had a fixed property in his riches?] ¶ And yif þou maist shewe me þat euer any mortal man haþ 840 receyued any of þese þinges to ben his in p{ro}pre. þan wol I graunt[e] frely þat [alle] þilke þinges were{n} þine whiche þat þou axest. [Sidenote: You came naked into the world, and I cherished you and encompassed you with affluence.]