*42.[36] Forthy men seyn, ech contree hath his lawes.--B. ii. pr. 7. 49-51. (This case is doubtful. Chaucer's phrase--_men seyn_--shews that he is quoting a common proverb. 'Ase fele thedes, as fele thewes, quoth Hendyng.' 'Tant de gens, tant de guises.'--Ray. So many countries, so many customs.--Hazlitt). 526. O god, that at thy disposicioun Ledest the fyn, by Iuste purveyaunce, Of every wight. B. iv. pr. 6. 149-151. 766-7. And that a cloud is put with wind to flighte Which over-sprat the sonne as for a space. B. i. met. 3. 8-10. TROILUS: BOOK III. 617.[37] But O, Fortune, executrice of wierdes, O influences of thise hevenes hye! Soth is, that, under god, ye ben our hierdes. B. iv. pr. 6. 60-71. 624. The bente mone with hir hornes pale.--B. i. met. 5. 6. 813. O god--quod she--so worldly selinesse ... Y-medled is with many a bitternesse.--B. ii. pr. 4. 86, 87. 816. Ful anguisshous than is, god woot--quod she-- Condicioun of veyn prosperitee. B. ii. pr. 4. 56. 820-833.--B. ii. pr. 4. 109-117. *836. Ther is no verray wele in this world here. B. ii. pr. 4. 130. 1219. And now swetnesse semeth more swete.--B. iii. met. 1. 4. 1261. Benigne Love, thou holy bond of thinges.--B. ii. met. 8. 9-11. 1625-8. For of Fortunes sharp adversitee, &c.--B. ii. pr. 4. 4-7. 1691-2. Feicitee.--B. iii. pr. 2. 55. 1744-68. Love, that of erthe and see hath governaunce, &c. B. ii. met. 8. 9-11; 15, 16; 3-8; 11-14; 17, 18. TROILUS: BOOK IV. *1-7. (Fortune's changes, her wheel, and her scorn).--B. ii. pr. 1. 12; met. 1. 1, 5-10; pr. ii. 37. (But note, that ll. 1-3 are really due to the _Filostrato_, Bk. iii. st. 94; and ll. 6, 7 are copied from _Le Roman de la Rose_, 8076-9). 200. cloud of errour.--B. iii. met. 11. 7. 391. Ne trust no wight to finden in Fortune Ay propretee; hir yeftes ben comune. B. ii. pr. 2. 7-9; 61-2. *481-2. (Repeated from Book III. 1625-8. But, this time, it is copied from the _Filostrato_, Bk. iv. st. 56). 503. For sely is that deeth, soth for to seyne, That, oft y-cleped, comth and endeth peyne. B. i. met. 1. 12-14. *835. And alle worldly blisse, as thinketh me, The ende of blisse ay sorwe it occupyeth. B. ii. pr. 4. 90. (A very doubtful instance; for l. 836 is precisely the same as Prov. xiv. 13. The word _occupyeth_ is decisive; see my note to Cant. Ta. B 421). 958; 963-6. (Predestination).--B. v. pr. 2. 30-34. 974-1078. (Necessity and Free Will).--B. v. pr. 3. 7-19; 21-71. *1587. ... thenk that lord is he Of Fortune ay, that nought wol of hir recche; And she ne daunteth no wight but a wrecche. B. ii. pr. 4. 98-101.