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Saynt Austyn̛ tellis how þat Alcibiades [MS. Abibiades.] , þat was Socrates discipyƚƚ, was a passand̛ fayr̛ man̛ & a riche, & ane eloquent
speker; and here-in he had grete pride. And when̛ Socrates purseyvid̛ þis, with his disputacions he provid̛ hym̛ bod a wriche & a naturaƚƚ fule, so þat he garte hym̛ wepe for tene. And þan̛ Tullius said̛ þat þer sulde a myserie and a wrichidnes folow þe ioy att he had̛, & þat sulde be partid̛ in-to ij fortuns. And ane sulde be [MS. repeats, & ane sulde be.] þat he had riches, favour, and witt at his awn̛ wyƚƚ. And a noder fortun sulde folow hym̛ after-ward̛, and þat sulde be outelawrie, myserie & hatred̛ of þe contre; & at þe laste he sulde hafe a vylans dead̛.