'To-fforne hym prudently, to se
Whanne he schal swymmë in the see:
This ffoul hath whyngës ffor the fflyght,
Be he [[to be St.]] anoon off kyndely ryght.
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Whanne he is wery off travayle,
And that his ffederes do [[done St.]] hym ffayle,
Anoon (off his condiscyoun)
In-to the water he fallith doun,
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And thanne [[that St.]] to swymmë wole not ffayle:
Off his o whynge, he makith a ssayle,
Amonge the sturdy wawys alle
To kepe hym silffe, that he not ffalle,
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Til he resume ageyne his myght,
Off acustom, [[custom St.]] to take his fflyght.
Thus stoundëmel ȝe may hym se,
Som tymë swymme, som tymë fflee,
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In bokys as it is I-ffounde.
'But they that hauë [[haue ther St.]] ffeet I-bounde
With herbës and with wedës greene,
That they may not aryght sustene,
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Nowther to swymmë nor to fflee,
They be so bounden in the see
Off wordely [[worldly St.]] delectacyoun [Tib folio 54b]
In ther inwarde affeccyoun;
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ffor alle ther hool ffelicyte
Is sette in veyne [[veyne St., verrey Tib.]] prosperite
Off the world, and in rychesse,
fful off chaunge and dowblenesse,
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With whiche they be so [[so St., om. Tib.]] sorë bounde,
That her soulis yt wole conffounde;
ffor they haue power none, [[none St., Tib. blurd]] nor myght,
Nowther to swymme nor ffleen [[flyen St.]] aryght;
So sore the world doth hem constreyne,
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That it were to hem greet peyne,
Her hertis ffro the world to vnbynde. [[tuunbynd St.]]
'And som also be makyd [[made St.]] blynde,
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Ther eyen cloos, they may not se,
ffor to considere the vanyte
Off this worldis ffalse veyneglorye,
Euere vnsure and transitorye,
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