Thanne may men / by this ordre wel discerne
That thilke moeuere / stable is and eterne
Line 3004
Wel may men knowe / but it be a fool
That euery part dirryueth from his hool
ffor nature / hath taken his bigynnyng
Of no partie / or of cantel of a thyng
Line 3008
But of a thyng that parfit is and stable
Descendynge so / til it be corrumpable
And therfore / of his wise purueiaunce
He hath / so wel biset his ordinaunce
Line 3012
That speces of thynges / and progressions
Shullen enduren / by successions
And nat eterne / with outen any lye
This maystow vnderstonde / and seen it eye
Line 3016
Loo the ook / þat hath so long a norisshynge [¶ Exemplum]
ffrom tyme / þat it first bigynneth sprynge
And hath so long a lif / as we may see
Yet at the laste / wasted is the tree
Line 3020
¶ Considereth eek how that the harde stoon [¶ Exemplum]
Vnder oure feet on which we trede and goon
Yit wasteth it as it lyth by the weye
The brode Ryuer / somtyme wexeth dreye
Line 3024
The grete toures / se we wane and wende
Thanne may ye se / þat al this thyng hath ende
¶ Of man and womman / seen we wel also
That nedeth / in oon of thise termes two
Line 3028
This is to seyn / in youthe / or elles age
He moot be deed / the kyng as shal a page
Som in his bed / som in the depe see
Som in the large feeld / as men may se
Line 3032
Ther helpeth noght al goth that ilke weye
Thanne may I seyn [[se-yn]] / al this thyng moot deye
¶ What maketh this / but Iuppiter the kyng
That is prince / and cause of alle thyng
Line 3036
Conuertynge al / vn to his propre welle
ffrom which it is dirryued / sooth to telle
