[Sidenote: [The seuende Metyr.]]
++ÞE sterres cou{er}ed wiþ blak[e] cloudes ne mowen geten a dou{n} no
lyȝt. Ȝif þe trouble wy{n}de þat hyȝt auster stormynge {and} walwy{n}g
þe see medleþ þe heete þat is to seyne þe boylyng vp from þe botme ¶ Þe
wawes þ{a}t somtyme weren clere as glas {and} lyke to þe fair[e]
bryȝt[e] dayes wiþstant anon þe syȝtes of men. by þe filþe {and} ordure
þat is resolued. {and} þe fletyng streme þat royleþ dou{n} dyuersely fro
heyȝe mou{n}taignes is arestid {and} resisted ofte tyme by þe
encountrynge of a stoon þ{a}t is dep{ar}tid {and} fallen from some
roche. ¶ And forþi yif þou wilt loken {and} demen soþe wiþ clere lyȝt.
{and} holde þe weye wiþ a ryȝt paþe. ¶ Weyue þou ioie. drif fro þe
drede. fleme þou hope. ne lat no sorwe ap{ro}che. þat is to sein lat
noon of þise four passiou{n}s ouer come þe. or blynde þe. for cloudy
{and} dirke is þilk þouȝt {and} bounde w{i}t{h} bridles. where as þise
þinges regnen.