[6-text p 166]
But litel whil it last I ȝou biheete;
Ioy of þis world // for tyme wol not abyde
Fro day to night it chaungeth as þe tyde
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Who lyued euer in such delyt a day
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That him ne meued eyþer his conscience
Of Ire or talent / or som maner affray
Enuy or pride or passioun or offence
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I ne say but for þis ende þis sentence
But litel whil in ioye or in plesaunce
lasteþ þe blis / of alla with Custaunce
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For deth þat takþ of heigh & low his rent [folio 86a]
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whan passed was a ȝeere as I gesse /
Out of þis worlde / kyng alla he hent
For whom Custauns. haþ ful gret heuynesse /
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Now let vs pray. þat god his soule blesse /
And dame Custaunce fynally to say
Toward þe toun of Rome goþ hir way
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To Rome is come þis nobil creature
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And fynt hir freendes þer boþe hool & sound
Now is sche skaped al hir auenture
And whanne sche hir fader had I-founde
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Doun on hir knees falleþ sche to grounde
wepyng for tendirnes in herte blithe
Sche heried god an hundred þousand sithe
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In vertu and in holy almesdede
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They lyuen alle. and neuer a sondre wende
Til deþ departe hem þis lyf þey lede
And far now wel my tale is at an ende
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Now ihū crist þat of his might may sende /
Ioy after wo gouerne vs in his grace /
And keep ous alle. þat ben in þis place /
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