{and} forþi yif þou wolt flee þe p{er}ilous auenture þat is to seine of þe worlde ¶ Haue mynde certeynly to ficchyn 1164 þi house of a myrie site in a lowe stoone. ¶ For al þouȝ þe wynde troublyng þe see þondre wiþ ouereþrowynges ¶ Þou þat art put i{n} quiete {and} welful by strengþe of þi palys shalt leden a cleer age. scornyng 1168 þe wodenesses and þe Ires of þe eir. [Linenotes: 1155, 1156, 1157 _wil_--wole 1156 _be cast_--MS. be caste, C. ben cast 1157 _wynde_--wynd 1158 _eschewe_--eschewen 1160 _fel[le]_--felle 1161 _his_--hise 1162 _lowe_--lavse _see_--omitted _refuse_--refusen _weyȝte_--wyhte 1163 _flee_--fleen 1164 _seine_--seyn 1165 _þi_--thin _lowe stoone_--lowh stoon 1167 _welful_--weleful 1169 _wodenesses_--woodnesses] [Headnote: GLORY NOT IN RICHES; THEY ADD NOTHING TO VIRTUE.] SET CUM RACIONU{M} IAM IN TE. [Sidenote: [The fyfthe p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: It is now time to use stronger medicines, since lighter remedies have taken effect.] ++But for as moche as þe noryssinges of my resou{n}s descenden now in to þe. I trowe it were tyme to vsen a litel strenger medicynes. [Sidenote: What is there in the gifts of Fortune that is not vile and despicable?] ¶ Now vndirstonde 1172 here al were it so þat þe ȝiftis of fortune nar[e] nat brutel ne t{ra}nsitorie. [Sidenote: [* fol. 12.]] what is þer in hem þat may be þine *in any tyme. or ellis þat it nys foule if þat it be considered {and} lokid p{er}fitely. [Sidenote: Are riches precious in themselves, or in men’s estimation?] ¶ Richesse ben þei 1176 p{re}ciouse by þe nature of hem self. or ellys by þe nature of þe. [Sidenote: What is most precious in them, quantity or quality?] What is most worþi of rycchesse. is it nat golde or myȝt of moneye assembled. [Sidenote: Bounty is more glorious than niggardliness.] ¶ Certis þilke golde {and} þilke moneye shineþ {and} ȝeueþ better 1180 renou{n} to hem þat dispenden it. þen to þilke folke þat mokeren it. [Sidenote: Avarice is always hateful, while liberality is praise-worthy.] For auarice makeþ alwey mokeres to be hated. {and} largesse makeþ folke clere of renou{n} ¶ For syn þat swiche þi{n}g as is t{ra}nsfered from o 1184 man to an oþer ne may nat dwellen wiþ no man. [Sidenote: Money cannot be more precious than when it is dispensed liberally to others.] Certis þan is þilke moneye p{re}cious. whan it is translated in to oþer folk. {and} stynteþ to ben had by vsage of large ȝeuy{n}g of hym þat haþ ȝeuen it. 1188 [Sidenote: If one man’s coffers contained all the money in the world, every one else would be in want of it.]