"Whether hym lyst to wynne or lese;
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ffor, knowyng (who that lookë wel)
Off god, ne causeth neueradel
Wher them lyst, off bothë tweyne,
To gon to Ioye, outher to peyne.
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"And, ther-for, do by my lore,
And off destyne spek no more;
ffor the planetys euerychon,
And the sygnës, on by On,
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And euery sterre, in hys degre,
Mevyn by the volunte
Off the lord that syt aloffte.
"And also (as yt falleth offte)
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ffolkys that in thys world her be,
(At the Eye as thow mayst se,)
Somme be lame, and feble off myght;
And sommë strong, and gon vp-ryht,
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And many welde hem sylff ryht wel;
But, off the sterrys neueradel,
Nor off the hevenly influence,
Strengthë, myght, nor impotence,
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Be nat causyd (on no syde)
But as the lord lyst to provyde.
"No man blynd, nor no man lame
Born—the gospel seyth the same;—
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ffor whan cryst, in swych A cas,
Off the Iewys axyd was,
(As in Iohan ye may fynde,)
Why the blynde man was bor [[borne St.]] blynde,
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He told hem pleynly at A word,
'To preve the workys off the [[oure St.]] lord,
And hys dedys by myrácle,
With-outen any mor obstácle;' [folio 266b]
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And other causë was ther noon,
As seyth the gospel off seyn Iohn.
"And nothyng thorgh the mocïoun
Off sterrys dysposicïoun,
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Was thys blyndnesse to hym sent.
"And davyd seyth 'the fyrmament
Was ordeyned, at O word,
