[Sidenote: [The ferthe Met{ur}.]]
++Who so it be þat is clere of vertue sad {and} wel ordinat of lyuyng.
þat haþ put vnderfote þe prowed[e] wierdes {and} lokiþ vpryȝt vpon eyþer
fortune. he may holde hys chiere vndiscomfited. ¶ Þe rage ne þe manace
of þe co{m}moeuyng or chasyng vpwarde hete fro þe botme. ne schal not
moeue þat man. ne þe vnstable mountaigne þat hyȝt veseuus. þat wircheþ
oute þoruȝ hys broken[e] chemineys smokyng fires. ¶ Ne þe wey of þonder
lyȝt þat is wont to smyte heyȝe toures ne schal not mouene þat man.
¶ Wherto þen wrecches drede ȝe tyrauntes þat ben wode {and} felownes
wiþ-outen ony strenkeþ. ¶ Hope after no þing ne drede nat. {and} so
schalt þou desarmen þe ire of þilke vnmyȝty tyraunt. ¶ But who so þat
quakyng dredeþ or desireþ þing þat nis not stable of his ryȝt. þat man
þat so doþ haþ cast awey hys schelde {and} is remoeued fro hys place.
{and} enlaceþ hym i{n} þe cheyne wiþ whiche he may be drawen.