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THe sterres couerd with blak clowdes ne mowe yeten adoun no light if the trouble winde that hight auster
tournyng and walkyng the see medleth the h••te. That is to seyn̄ the boyling vp from the bottome / the wawes that were whilome clere as glas / and like to the feyr bryghte dayes. withstante anone the sightes of men by the filthe & ordure that is resoluid. And the fletyng streme that reilleth doun̄ diuersly from high montaignes is arrested and resisted ofte tyme by thencoūtring of a stone that is departed & fallen from som roche. And for thy if thou wilt loken & deme soth with clere light and holden the wey with a right path / weyue thou ioye. driue fro drede. fleme thou hope / ne lete no sorowe approche / that is to seyne / lete none of these four passions ••••come the or blende the / For cloudy and derke is thilke thought. & boūde with bridels w••ere as these thing••s regnen̄