"Nor deuyse, how that I schal [Stowe folio 154a] [[St. & C.]]
To castë stonys ther-wyth-al,
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To helpe [[Stowe. Telpe C.]] my sylff ageyn my ffon;
ffor custoom hadde I neuere noon,
God knowéth wel, nyh nor ferre, [[C. & St.]]
Me to gouerne in swych a werre."
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Grace dieu.
Quod she, 'Kanstow nat espye?
Who kan wysdom, he kan folye;
And who that knoweth ek goodnesse,
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Parcel he knoweth off shrewdnesse; [[shrewdenesse St.]]
ffor ryhtwysnesse, & also wrong,
Entermedlen euere a-mong;
And in an herte (yiff yt be souht)
Ther tourneth many a dyuers thouht,
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Lyk a corde (yt ys no doute),
Wyth-Inne yt [[Whiche St.]] tourneth ofte aboute;
And off two cordys, they a-corde
Offtë for to make a corde.
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'ffor Cordys be sayd (who kan aduerte,)
Off offtë tournynges [[turmentynges St.]] in an herte;
And wyth twynnyng, (in certeyne,)
A [[Oo St.]] cord ys ymad off tweyne.
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'And thus thow shalt aboutë brynge,
Off thy thouht to make a slynge,
Ther-in to puttë stonys ffyue,
Ageyn thyn enmyes for to stryue,
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To cast hem in thys mortal werre,
Wer-so thow [[the St.]] lyketh, nyh or ferre.
'ffor, slynge ys noon, (thys no doute,)
That may tourne so offte aboute
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As may thy thouht (be wel certeyn);
ffor bothe on hylle, on vale & pleyn, [Stowe folio 154b]
Yt tourneth her, yt tourneth yonder,
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So offtë [[So offte St., Soffte C.]] sythe, that yt ys wonder,
ffer or ner, ryht at thy lust, [folio 136a]
On whos abood, yt ys no trust. [[C. & St.]]
But, yit [[yitte St.]] I redë, tak good kep
(Lyk thys Erdys [[thes herdys St.]] that kepe shep)
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Thy slynge and stonys to kepë wel,
