The fruyt of this matiere / is that I telle
Whan tyme cam / men thoughte it for the beste
The reuel stynte / and men goon to hir reste
Line 413
¶ The tyme cam / this olde Sowdanesse
Ordeyned hath this feeste / of which I tolde
And to the feeste / cristen folk hem dresse
In general / ye bothe yonge and olde
Line 417
Heere may men / feeste / and roialtee bihold
And deyntees mo / than I kan yow deuyse
But all to deere / they boghte it er they ryse
Line 420
Osodeyn wo / that euere art successour [¶ Nota de inopinato dolore ¶ Semper mundane leticie tristicia repentina succedit / Mundana igitur felicitas multis ama|ritudinibus est respersa / extrema gaudii luctus occupat. Audi ergo salubre consilium / In die bonorum ne immemor sis malorum.]
To worldly blisse / spreynd with bitternesse
The ende of the ioye / of oure worldly labour
Wo occupieth / the fyn of oure gladnesse
Line 424
Herke this conseil / for thy sikernesse
Vp on thy glade day / haue in thy mynde
The vnwar wo / or harm þat comth bihynde
Line 427
ffor soothly / for to tellen / at o word
The sowdan / and the cristen everichone
Been al tohewe / and stiked at the bord
But it were oonly / dame Custance allone
Line 431
This olde Sowdanesse / cursed krone
Hath with hir freendes / doon this cursed dede
ffor she hir self / wolde all the contree lede
Line 434
Ne was Surryen noon / that was conuerted
That of the conseil / of the Sowdan woot
That he nas al tohewe / er he asterted
And Custance / han they take anon foot hoot
Line 438
And in a ship / all steerelees god woot
They han hir set and biddeth hire lerne saille
Out of Surrye / agaynward to Ytaille
Line 441
