[Sidenote: [The 7^de Met{ur}.]]
[Sidenote: Pleasure leaves a pain behind it.]
++Euery delit haþ þis. þat it anguisseþ hem wiþ prikkes
þ{a}t vsen it.
[Sidenote: The bee gives us agreeable honey, but try to hold it,
and it quickly flies, leaving its sting behind.]
¶ It resembliþ to þise flying flyes þat
we clepen been. þat aftre þat þe bee haþ shed hys agreable 2200
honies he fleeþ awey {and} styngeþ þe hertes of he{m}
þat ben ysmyte wiþ bytynge ouer longe holdynge.
[Linenotes:
2198 _Euery_--MS. Ouery, C. Every
2198, 2200 _haþ_--MS. haþe
_shed hys_--shad hyse]
[Headnote:
MEN ARE LED ASTRAY BY IGNORANCE.]