¶ Nature.
And she ne lyst no lenger duelle,
But in al hast[e] gan me telle
And seyde: "thou shalt fynde trewe,
Ther be ful many weyes newe,
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Wonderful and ryght dyuers,
Bothe good and eke pervers,
Of which, yif I shal nat feyne,
In especial [especial] special A.] ther be tweyne,
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And thou mayst chese[n], in substaunce,
Whiche ys most to thy plesaunce:
The toon gyneth in thorient [¶ Oriens significat celestia et diuina / et occidens temporalia et terrena / et ideo prima via que incipit ab ori|ente et tandem reuer|titur ibidem est via racionis que incipit]
And gooth towarde thoccident,
And lenger ther lyst nat soiourne
But ageynwarde doth retourne,
Takyng hys gynnyng of entent
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By exaumple of the firmament.
The tother from the west certeyn [folio 211] [¶ a consideracione celestium et eterno|rum et leuiter transe|undo per ista terrena semper redit et fina|liter se conuertit ad eterna / Alia vero via que incipit ab occi|dente significat viam sensus qui adheret communiter magis temporalibus et ter|renis.]
Towarde the est tourneth ageyn,
The ryghte wey, but then anoon,
Whan that he hath hys cours [y]-goon,
By a maner ful contraire
Ageyn westwarde he doth repaire.
But vnderstond and take good hede,
Which thou shalt sywe[n] in dede
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And mayntene with al thy myght,
As the way that ys most ryght.
For fynally, in sentence,
Of hem thys ys the difference:
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Thorient, which ys so bryght
And casteth forth so clere a lyght,
Betokeneth in especiall
Thinges that be celestiall [¶ Verba expositoris in latino et translatoris in anglico.]
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And thinges, as I kan diffyne,
