For man of Soule resonable Is to an Angel resemblable,[197] 950 And lich to beste he hath fielinge, And lich to Trees he hath growinge; The Stones ben and so is he: Thus of his propre qualite [Sidenote: =P. i. 36=] The man, as telleth the clergie, Is as a world in his partie, And whan this litel world mistorneth,[198] The grete world al overtorneth. The Lond, the See, the firmament, Thei axen alle jugement 960 Ayein the man and make him werre: Therwhile himself stant out of herre, The remenant wol noght acorde:[199] And in this wise, as I recorde, The man is cause of alle wo, Why this world is divided so.[200] [Sidenote: Hic dicit secundum euangelium, quod omne regnum in se diuisum desolabitur.] Division, the gospell seith,[201] On hous upon another leith, Til that the Regne al overthrowe: And thus may every man wel knowe, 970 Division aboven alle Is thing which makth the world to falle, And evere hath do sith it began. [Sidenote: Quod ex sue complexionis materia diuisus homo mortalis existat.[202]] It may ferst proeve upon a man; The which, for his complexioun Is mad upon divisioun Of cold, of hot, of moist, of drye, He mot be verray kynde dye: For the contraire of his astat Stant evermore in such debat, 980 Til that o part be overcome, Ther may no final pes be nome.[203] Bot other wise, if a man were Mad al togedre of o matiere [Sidenote: =P. i. 37=] Withouten interrupcioun, Ther scholde no corrupcioun Engendre upon that unite: Bot for ther is diversite Withinne himself, he may noght laste, That he ne deieth ate laste. 990 [Sidenote: Quod homo ex corporis et anime condicione diuisus, sicut saluacionis ita et dampnacionis aptitudinem ingreditur.] Bot in a man yit over this Full gret divisioun ther is, Thurgh which that he is evere in strif, Whil that him lasteth eny lif: The bodi and the Soule also Among hem ben divided so, That what thing that the body hateth The soule loveth and debateth; Bot natheles fulofte is sene Of werre which is hem betwene 1000 The fieble hath wonne the victoire. [Sidenote: Qualiter Adam a statu innocencie diuisus a paradiso voluptatis in terram laboris peccator proiectus est.] And who so drawth into memoire What hath befalle of old and newe, He may that werre sore rewe, Which ferst began in Paradis: For ther was proeved what it is, And what desese there it wroghte; For thilke werre tho forth broghte The vice of alle dedly Sinne, Thurgh which division cam inne 1010