malycious tongue of a in 〈…〉 or o 〈…〉 a woman that is so venymous can not be chastysed it maculeth and defoyleth all the body for who that kepeth theyr mouthes k 〈…〉 peth theyr soules Wherfore malycyous tongues brydel you with this doctryne for a stroke with an euyll tongue is more aspre and daungerous than a stroke with a spere He the whiche speketh to moche and hathe to many vayne wordes is a grete foole wherfore cometh he not in to our folys she shyppe Come quyckely for to gouerneour saylles auaunce you fooles that speketh to moche auale your dyspytous langages Dyuerse foles there be that delyteth them in cursed langage ymagynynge false fables behynde theyr neyghbours backe rehersynge dyuerse thynges that ought not to be rehersed It were better for them to haue theyr mouthes closed vp for euer than with the venymous darte of enuy to hurte ony body with theyr euyll speche in babelynge without refray nynge of theyr tongues by the whiche of tentymes procedeth in the courte grete dyuysyon noyses molestacycyons myseryes calamytes Suche folkes haue made dyuerse tymes warre bytwene emperoures kynges Prouer. xvii digito compe see labellum dukes and erles and they haue moued the hertes of noble men vnto tyranny and crudelyte O what mestymable perylles happeneth by suche malycyous tongues that Juuenalis of theyr owne volente answereth or they be requyred There is dyuerse fooles that delyteth them for to speke vycyously for the vaynglorye that they haue of theyr langage in reioysynge them of theyr babelynge and claterynge Suche folkes haue oftentymes grete inconuenientes Job xv ê“uer xviii mere xviii Osce vii and euylles but this notwithstandyÌ„ge theyr cursed tongues constrayneth them ryght often for to supporte many accydentes and euylles of rage scomfyte Tell me than daungerous fooles wherof this vycyous langage serueth you this claterynge this babelynge vayne wordes truely of nothynge Whan suche folkes do go to confessyon theyr speche faylleth them ye in suche wyse that they can not open theyr mouthes for to declare theyr vyle and abhomynable synnes vnto that preest And it happeneth oftentymes that whan they wolde speke god closeth theyr mouthes Dyuers fooles there be that 〈◊〉 Eccliasti v. ê“uer xxv and they had not babeled so moche they had ben wyse and prudent Alas take ensample at the pye that by to moche chatterynge sheweth where her lytell ones be Refrayne your tongues for it is better to speke moderately and sobrely than to answere to euery body and to euery proposycyon that ben vyle and dyshonest and to be reproched of it afterwarde Lytell speche contenteth all folkes whan it is moderatly pronounced It is an excellent Ecclia iii. and a vertuous thynge of a mouthe that can retayne wordes And also whan his speche ismoderately pronouÌ„ced how well that of necessyte we must speke by ryght and reason ¶ Of them that correcketh other and synneth themselfe ca. xx ¶ He that may go in a fayre waye As the ryght hande dothe specefye And wyll not kepe it by no laye Is folysshe I you certefye Shewynge his prudence openly For he wyll rather go in the myre Than do as the hande dothe requyre IGnoraunt man folysshe and astonyed the whiche wyll correcke other mennes fautes and thou xl dis isti 〈◊〉 cuÌ„'eo ceteruÌ„ thyselfe commyttest synne knowest thou not well that he the whiche ensygneth other to lyue well and iustely and lyueth vycyously hymselfe that he instrueth god how he sholde condempne hym Also he the whiche seeth a thynge vtyle and dothe Glo. in capi ea que de statu regu iii. q. vii indicet et c. in grauibus a thynge inutyle he absenteth hymselfe from the true intellygence of good couÌ„sayll Whan that ye be auncyent correcke not other mennes fautes but correcke youre owne fautes vyle and dyshonest 〈◊〉 grete turbe of foles fleeth to our shyppe the whiche can not endoctryne theÌ„selfein good vertues and yet they wyll reproche correcke another mannes fautes They be not ashamed to commytte many synnes they hyde theyr vyle synnes but they be euer prompte for to punysshe the synnes of other folkes Alas all the operacyons of the humaynes â–ª ben conuerted in to vyces and vyle ordure maculate Theyr noses ben wrencled laugheth with theyr ere 's 〈◊〉 q. vii tria 〈◊〉 vii luce vi Juuenalis fabricius without hauynge cogytacyon of the euylles that they commytte themselfe nor of the greuous maladyes horryble and contagyous that remayneth within theyr corporate bodyes and stomakes This hande that is fyxed in the felde sheweth the ryght waye and the true pathe and remayneth alwaye in one place In semblable wyse doo they that noteth other mennes vyces and can not correcte theyr owne but ben enclyned vnto vycyous operacyons Suche folkes spyeth well a lytell thorne in another mannes eye but they se not a grete be 〈…〉 e in theyr owne eye Some sayeth that they be good and curyous Esaye ix Socrates Juuenalis Tullius as Fabricius The other the good cathonystes or holy metelistes of whome I passe ouer for this present tyme There be dyuers that wyl shewe the constaunce of Socrates but they haue no scyence From them yssueth ryghte pyteous lyfe and ben entyerly habandoned to syn Of suche folkes procedeth grete claymours At the moyen of this I shall reherse vnto you the saynge of Tuly us the whiche sayth thus None ought to correcte another mannes vyces vnto the tyme that he haue purged and clensed his owne synnes I maye alegge vnto you many doctrynes of the auncyent faders For euenso as Luce. iiii xxvi distin vna 〈…〉 i. q. 1. 〈◊〉 â—l disti sit rector xxv distin primuÌ„ xâ—vi distin i. necesse by medecynes the physycyens enforseth them for to hele other and can not hele hymselfe ryght so wyll a folâ— repreue anothers condycyons and in theyr owne dedes they be neuer well counsaylled The other counsaylleth one prudently but they can not couÌ„sayll themselfe Prechers the whiche precheth the holy scryptures to the people and that repreueth the synners mondyfye your conscyences to the ende that ye be not founden entached with vylanye but be replenysshed with vertues by cause that ye preche the worde of god to the ende that ye be not maculate nor repreued ¶ For to fynde other mennes goodes and not to yelde them agayne â—a xxi ¶ He the whiche fyndeth ony thynge And employeth it to his vsage Alwaye of the same dyspendynge Is a grete fole and nothynge sage For the deuyll at eche passage Holdeth hym fast in a bande Go he by water or by lande AMonge you fooles that reioyseth you whan ye fynde ony golde or syluer ye knowe euydently that it is none of yours and yf that ye rendre it not agayne and make restytucyon knowe for a trouthe that it is rapyne Come and se yf there is ony thynge that may prouffyte you in this ample shyppe of fooles For the
women sholde postule were they neuer so prudente nor wyse There is nothynge vpon the erthe so outragy Eccle. xxv ous nor so cursed as an Irefull woman she is replete with the furoure of a lyon more peruerse than the tygre I neuer sawe nor neuer herde speke of a thynge that is worse than a woman whan she is set on it As it appereth of Medea that detrenched her two chyldren and that Medea de qÌ„ Seneca i me dea made Jasons vncle deye ¶ Prognes dyde worse for bycause that she wolde be auenged vpon her husbande tereus Progne de qÌ„ Ouidius vi meth that had vyoled her syster she cut her systers tongue of that was called Phylomyna she slewe her sone the whiche was grete cruelte And after she made hym be soden boyled and rosted and gaue Tereus hym to ete Juuenall the whiche was a dyscrete man hathe sayd moche euyll of women and ouyde and dyuerse other To take it well we may saye that she hadde her herte in alappe enuyronned with sharpe thornes replete with bytter galle and vyle lycoure That whiche is maculed in the brest comynge vp to the mouthe whiche dyuers persones haue touched that be reproched vyle and dyshonest and engendreth a thousande dyscordes she enfecteth the condycyons good alyaunces fayth and charyte ryghtes and grete scyences and sayeth vycyously of her maryage Juno the whiche kepeth the good women from maculyÌ„ge can not withdrawe theyr peruers and cursed wyll without hauynge dolour in herselfe comynge agaynst the holy fayth how well that she is in faculte of loue accompanyed to her husbande it is but abusyon at the leest of theyr two hertes conioyned togyder for the one the other is dyfferente For she wyl Juuenalis ê“uer xxx go stately gorgyously ensuynge grete bobances ryottours and grete dyspenders by the meanes wherof the poore man can not furnysshe it with al his goodes And thus the rychesse is spended in suche wyse that he leseth almoost his wytte There is thre thynges that excedeth all other and the erthe susteyneth them all thre but it apperteyneth Juuenalis not that the fourthe be susteyned The fyrst is the seruaunt that becometh mayster The seconde is the seruauÌ„te that is alwaye dronke The thyrde is a wyfe that is furyous and full of debates And the fourthe is the mayden full of pryde that is herytour of her lady or maystresse Suche a mayden thou ought to eschewe and flee for she gyueth oftentymes drynke for to drynke wherin reposeth venym and in conclusyon euer beware of the femynyne gendre Reuolue in your myndes the cursydnes of Agrypyne I shal specefye vnto you of Agrippina pontia Danaides the Danaydes they were fyfty systers all maryed the whiche by a comyn assente slewe all theyr husbandes on the fyrst nyght of theyr maryage saue one that was vertuous ynoughe Alas Lucresse where arte thou gone Lucretia thou wolde not for nothynge haue maculed thyn honoure There is but fewe nowe a dayes that is bounden with thy chastyte In lyke wyse there is not many that holdeth thy courage But soner in all places and wayes there is sene Thades by hepes lubryke as swyne The chaste ryghte Thays thynly sowen O Cathon thou was happy to haue founden the wyse Porcya And thou Agamenon was Portia Ca. vnhappy to haue founde Clytemestra Euery body wolde Clitemestra fayne fynde Sabyna For it happeneth oftentymes Sabina that the man fyndeth an euyll wyfe By the meane of the whiche he is assured to be happy that fyndeth a wyse wyfe ê“uer xii Eccl. xxv et xxvi and a dyscrete and a well dysposed for to kepe her fayth trouthe to her husbande suche wyues be worthy to be put in cronycles ¶ Of the puyssaunce of fooles ca. lxii ¶ The fooles saye they haue puyssaunce Bycause theyr tents is large and wyde Hauynge goodes golde and cheuaunce For to make warre at euery tyde On lordes and knyghtes on eche syde Be it for ryght or elles for wronge They dystroye eche other amonge OTher fooles there is yet the whiche for their rychesse thynketh to be wyse but yet they be ydyottes Thou superbyous fole wenest thou for to possede many scyences bycause of thy rentes herytages naye for thou Sapien. v. ê“uer xvii et xxiiii Eccle. xxxiii pÌ„s ix ê“uer xxvii Eccle. xv xxii q. ii pri resembleth vnto a blynde man that walketh all alone wote neuer where he gothe O what good happeneth oftentymes whan that I thynke to speke of the foole and declare his excellente dedes that prayseth loueth hymselfe of his prowesse and valyauntnes by a foole that wolde be to curyous thynkyng to afferme his hye praysynges also well as yf it had ben a prudent man He sayeth that his londe is well fortuned and that no man may wynne it were it Ulyxes Jason or Eneas so wel it is garnysshed with noble and valyaunt knyghtes lacketh nothynge The wyse man mounteth not so hye but without makynge relacyon of ony thynge taketh the Job xxxvii ê“uer xx tyme as it cometh be it ryche or pore he is not abasshed And thus he replenysshed with vertues kepeth his realme Ecclesia x. Sapien. vi in peas and vnyon The londe where as is a yonge kyÌ„ge or a prynce is not wel assured for he can not gouerne Eccle. v. 〈◊〉 x. ê“uer xxx Sapien. xi it dyscretely And his counsayllers entendeth not saue for to ete and drynke nocturnally and in diurtenes gaudeamus His londes his goodes dyssypered This Ecclesia x. foole is set in the syege inherte for to mynystre to euery body Justyce and equyte of the whiche Justyce yssueth ryght He tourneth the lawes at the volente of some euyll persone and maketh lyght Jugementes yf he haue gode frendes on his partye Symplenesse is wel adnychyl sapi vi xii led and the ryghtes that ought to be egally maynteyned wherin is made opprobryous fautes I am a â—erde that they ensue not the preestes that accused saynt Susanne Danie xiii ii macha iiii iii. Re. xx i. macha xii how well that they had indicature and regyon neuertheles they wolde accuse her and vsurpe her with blame Or folowe them of benadab that achab had promysed moyennynge the good alyaunce that they hadde and vpon the fayth to retourne as prynce gyue waye vnto the conquestes that were done on achab And his fader in lyke wyse the whiche wolde not kepe his fayth and his promyse Or the cursed traytour Tryphon that Lugurta 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Salustius vnder dyssymulacyon deceyued the good kynge Jonathas for the gyftes that he receyued of hym For he made Jonathas and all his men in grete lamentacyon dye in the cyte of Ptholomayde by this that he coude haue no socoure Rychesse maketh many men deye destroyeth Oui. de arte Horatius in epistolis Ecclesia x. Eccle. xi many cytees she maketh newe thynges in
there is none that maye compare with the. Thou alone arte suffycyent to conquere the holy londe Alcydes Achyles Hercules Jason Parys Hector nor AgamenoÌ„ had neuer the myght that thou hast ryght puyssaunt kynge It is he that shall regne domyne aboue his enemyes by the grace of god And shall be vyndycatour of the chirche mylytante And by his ineffable strengthe shall subdue the turkes and go vnto Iherusalem to vysyte the sepulcre of our lorde Ihesu cryste and shall reduce all vnto our crysten fayth O dukes erles barons and knyghtes of this redouted realme of Englonde whiche is the floure of crystendome and tryumphaunte treasoure of bounte that is more worthe than precyous stones I be seche you awaken your hertes and go all and make an ende of these cursed turkes You se that the kynges slepe and haue theyr hertes endurced the whiche sholde be the pyllers of crystendome And it is they that setteth nought by the chirche They ought to haue grete shame O noble Apostrophâ— ad germanos lordes domynatours of Almayne awaken you for you be stronge and myghty and sheweth it not you lyue in peas and suffreth that our fayth is separed Shewe you in polysshed armes And go with the Englysshemen and frensshe men on the turkes with a grete hoost And let them slepe that wyll slepe Put men and shyppes on the see And you shall see that god the creatour shall helpe Apo. xvii you He shall breke the stronge castelles Consyder how god dyde helpe kynge Henry the fyfte agaynste the crysten men the whiche by reason sholde helpe you soner agaynst the infydeles O puyssaunt kynge of Romaynes wyse and prudent whiche holdeth the sceptre ryall of the empyre Romayne what someuer enuye that hathe ben had on the thou arte myghtye and worthy to gouerne suche a crowne I knowe no prynce more Juster vertues domyneth in the thou louest peas and thyn honour encreaseth Now then souerayne prynce awaken thyne hoost whiche is so valyaunt for to go and smyte vpon the grete turke and the myscreauntes And helpe for to redresse our fayth the whiche enclyneth from daye to day You other kynges what dreme you what auaylleth the kepynge and lourynge in your countrees nothynge habandone them and leue ladyes and gentylwomen sadle your horses take your harneys and make sowne your trompettes in to Turkye O you enuyous cursed hertes dysloyall folkes flee your waye that ye be neuer sene you empesshe our good kynge of Englonde for to make warre for the sustentacyon of the fayth Cursed be your flaterynge your hertes is more bytterer thaÌ„ galle and at all assayes you be nought worthe you shall haue an euyll ende And the grete deuyll shall take you for the dyuysyons that you haue made in your dayes I can not tell yf that you haue redde in the auncyent hystoryes of them that wolde make these consystoryes vnto theyr lordes as I fynde of Charles Chauues that reygned â—â—rolo caluo in fraunce after Charlemayne was the fourth of that name to whome god shewed the paynes of helle Beholde there what he sayeth vnto them that were as you be you enryche your frendes the whiche ben yssued out of a poore lygnage in gyuynge them the offyces of prudent gentylmen and so by flaterynge the chorles is promoted and the gentylmen remayneth in extremyte you desyre warre but you kepe you euer ferre from the strokes In cytees townes where as ye passe the wyues and maydens ben vyoled the poore men beten and robbed Who hathe done it my lorde and his men And then they dare not speke Justyce slepeth from whens cometh that bycause that trouthe slombreth The poore shall be punysshed and the ryche and the noble shall escape by supplyenge For to wyte yf that it be wryten in the byble in the ryght canon or cyuyll is it polyce for the comyn welfare no O Ihesu cryst how thou arte pacyent for to endure suche thynges Notwithstandynge I suppose that they the whiche ben fered so in this worlde shall obeye and fere after theyr dethes the women infernals that is prepared for them O noble kynge aboue al other redoubted and reclaymed for your benygnyte thynke for to resyste agaynste this affayre expulle theyr grete bytternes exyle them from your affayres and dedes your besynesses shall spede the better And to the ende that you lyue in pease byleue neuer these false tongues serpeÌ„ tynes and detractours the whiche loueth better to se you in trybulacyon than in prosperyte Reygne peasybly whan all Englonde is in tranquylyte then go vpon the sarasyns and myscreauntes And recouer that the whiche they haue conquered And after your dethe you and yours shall be lyuynge in the realme of paradyse But ye do ony thynge agaynst your god and agaynst the comyn welfare god shall hate you your people also For whan a lorde is not belouyd of his subgectes it is an euyl sygne and token ¶ Of blandysshers flaterers c. lxxxxvi ¶ Who blandyssheth a cruell stede Lyckynge the platters of ryche men And faylleth his mayster at his nede Is worthy punysshed for to ben In greuous tormentes nyne or ten Bycause of his grete trechery Blandysshynge and flatery AUoyde where someuer you be flaterers and scuÌ„mers of the courte renne sone and beware ê“uer xxix bea tho ii iâ— q. cxv gl xxv dis c. vnum of the horse that stryketh and come and here this chapytre the shyp that you be in is apparaylled with theym that folowe the kechyn I coude not abstayne me from puttynge these folkes alone and haue gyuen them a shyp for to gouerne You ought to vnderstonde that these folkes wyll gouerne the halles of lordes and prynces This turbe desyreth fraudes ymagynacyons for they wyll flater all aboutes And by suche meanes the lordes holdeth them for the moost truest and wyll gyue them the charge of all We xlvi di c. ecce quare Hora. i epi. Leuiti xix Eccle. vii xl di c. vltiÌ„o ê“uer xxvi 〈◊〉 thessalo ii Eccl. xxviii haue ordeyned for them a grete shyp vpon the see All these flaterers and extorcyoners is the fyrst and moost ne reste the kynge in courte or of a lorde or of a mayster They go gladly in to the courte of a kynge of a prynce of a duke of an erle or of a baron They recyte many wordes of none effecte and is alwayes nexte the kynges persone And yf that there is ony that is wyse and dyscrete Juuenalis ff de her isti l. captatorias 23. dis nihil xi q. iii. nemo perit they wyll conspyre fraudes agaynst them wyll reporte many false tales to put them out of grace And to the contrary they wyll say that a foole is replete with wysedome and sapyence They saye dyuers wordes ful of vanytees of them that theyr maysters hateth The other bycause they wolde be called good seruauÌ„tes gadereth the feders other
grete concupyscence â—iiii q. v. si 〈◊〉 inuenisti of auaryce wyll not that I holde my pease from wrytynge of a chapytre of the fooles that be neuer contente with theyr propre goodes but by cautelles fallacyous reteyneth other mennes goodes Some there be that witholdeth grete treasours and kepeth it as theyr 〈◊〉 cuÌ„ qÌ„rebatur 〈◊〉 vnde vi owne propre goodes and dyspendeth it to theyr owne proussyte semblably as yf the creatour hadde sente it to Augustinus them And they be nothynge curyous for to demaunde and enquyre from whens it came nor who dyde lese it Herken to me folysshe mondaynes be nothynge ashamed for to lerne my documentes ¶ yf by aduenture ye i. petri iiii Deutro vii fynde ony ryche thynge as golde or syluer thynke not that it is yours for ye haue neyther parte nor halfe parte If that a lorde edefye a place or spare his fynaunce by excessyue payne and studye nyght and daye in grete Angelus in 〈◊〉 de re i. fi xxxii distin erubescant Hieremie xvii Psa. vli Psal. vii vexacyon of his body thynke ye that they be youres the whiche had neuer payne nor anguysshe for to assem ble them naye truely And knowe for certaynte that ye fynde ony rychesse ye ought to yelde it agayne incontynent And yf that ye knowe not hym that ought it nor none of his heyres ye ought for to dystrybute it among poore folkes to the prouffyte of hym that ought it For he that reteyneth other mennes goodes dystroyeth hys owne soule And therfore thynke vpon this for yf that ye haue ony thynge of another mannes goodes ye be theues approued bothe by the lawes and the decretes O poore fooles vndyscrete replete with furour and anguy 〈◊〉 non dimittitur c. de re iâ— li. 〈◊〉 sshe thyÌ„ke ye that god knoweth not your courages yes and after this synful lyfe shall punysshe you Then he the whiche fyndeth ony thynge that is not his wyl not yelde it agayne shall neuer entre in to paradyse ¶ Of conscyon of sapyence ca. xxii ¶ Who delyteth in sapyence That is worthy of grete praysynge Shall growe to moche magnyfycence In the courte of some grete kynge And shall haue heuen at his endynge Where he shall lyue eternally With bryght aungelles gloryously FOles vagynge in this wretched worlde ha bandone all mondanyte leue your pleasures terrestryalles and renne in to the grete shyppe of fooles and ye shal here sapyen ce that is so humble make a generall sermoÌ„ in this maner that foloweth ¶ Folkes the whiche be a ê“uerbio i. et viii persâ—â— in saty minerua slepe awaken your spyrytes and herken what I shall saye to you O gendre humayne approche you nere vnto my chayer that bereth the name of veryte retayne iustly ê“uerbio xiii my document and separe ryght from wronge O mortall folkes sloÌ„brynge in synne lerne the ensygnementes plautus in amphi techynges of Mynerue procedynge from a sacred and a holy tongue detraye all foly oute of your thoughtes Seke doctryne that gyueth lyfe and hele Serche phyloso Eccâ— xxxvii phye loue it to the ende that ye be dyscrete eschewe the desyre to gadre pecunes and ioyne you to sapyence that excedeth all precyous stones in vertue And for to tell you truely the grete excellence of sapyence without doubte it surmounteth all the vnyuersall worlde and there is nothynge that may compare with sapyence For as pryncesse she domyneth aboue the monarchye of the worlde in dygnyte tryumphaunt And by counsayll and auctoryte she dysposeth euery thynge to goodnes And by attemperaunce gouerneth cytees townes castelles toures Emperours and kynges and all the people By her is euylles adnychylled and the bodyes replenysshed with vertues She exhorteth euery body to lyue well By me she sayth kynges holde theyr ceptres and crownes prouer viii I gyue vnto them good condycyons lawes and decretes wherthrughe they domyne in grete honoure glorye By me is gouerned realmes and countrees and executed egall iugemente I haue made to euery mana Ecclesia xxi dwellynge place He that loueth me I make hym to eschewe foly and furour and I ensue hym and loue hym prouet iii. Holy rychesses and treasours remayneth in me The remuneracyons of prosperous lyfe is in me I came from paradyse auncyently where as I was abumbred create of the dyuyne mageste And then by me was enuyroned by grete and admyrable facyon the ayres the sterres and the worlde Of auncyente by me he fourmed the worlde and put all thynges necessary therin and there had nothynge ben created in the ayer nor in the worlde had I not bene Wherfore then folysshe mondaynes do ye not your besy cure for to lerne doctrine for he the whiche is replenysshed with prudence and sapyence shal neuer be oppressed with calamyte for I shall socoure hym at all tymes whan he calleth after my helpe And therfore he is a veray foole and a grete waye within the ship and at the last shall be in grete necessyte that wyll not retayne my doctryne ¶ Of iactaunce and confydence of fortune ca. xxiii ¶ Who sayth he is well fortuned Bothe of body and of rychesse And that he was neuer greued Of fortunes whele full of rudenesse That casteth many in dystresse And brenneth houses all aboute Whan the poore fooles stande leest in doubte YOnge fooles and olde in lyke wyse the whiche auaunteth you that ye were neuer mysfortuned nor neuer endured aduersyte come and gyue audyens vnto my saynges ye shal haue intellygence who is well fortuned He ought to ascende in to oure shyppe by reason for to be of the nombre of our grete foles that bosteth hym of his good fortune saynge that she laugheth on hym at euery ceason and that she is euer egal to hym and that she neuer varyeth and that all happeneth to hym after his desyre and trust O lunatyke foole o incensyfe foole o myserable foole without reason what foly dothe tormente Augustinus â—uer xxviii Ecclesia v. me what vycyous fantasyes dothe oppresse the and wherfore art thou so vnreasonable and folysshe for to gyue credence vnto the thynges that cometh gothe seynge that thou may not deny but that the godes of da me fortune ben transmutable and retourneth withouten ony faute to the place from whens they were fyrste extracte without doynge goode in ony wyse Thou bos valeri â–ª ii i. teth and vaunteth thyselfe folysshely of thy goodes of fortune that ben vncertayne vnto euery body and that reposeth there as it pleaseth her wherfor yf the one laugheth the other wepeth yf one be poore another is ryche yf the one leseth the other wynneth O peruers fortune thou gyuest to the one and takest from the other Esa. â—xv and habandonest thyself to them that thou makeste incontynent for to fall it is a pyteous case thou takest theyr propre godes from