[Sidenote: [The fyrst met{ur}.]
++Whan fortune wiþ a proude ryȝt hande haþ turnid hir chau{n}gyng
stoundes she fareþ lyke þe maners of þe boillyng eurippe. _Glose._
Eurippe is an arme of þe see þ{a}t ebbith {and} flowiþ. {and} somtyme þe
streme is on one syde {and} somtyme on þat oþer. _Texte_ ¶ She cruel
fortune kasteþ adoune kynges þat somtyme weren ydred. {and} she
deceiuable enhau{n}seth vp þe humble chere of hym þat is discomfited.
{and} she neyþer hereþ ne reccheþ of wrecched[e] wepynges. {and} she is
so harde þat she lauȝeþ {and} scorneþ þe wepyng of hem þe whiche she haþ
maked wepe wiþ hir free wille. ¶ Þus she pleyeþ {and} þ{us} she p{re}ueþ
hir strengþe {and} sheweþ a grete wondre to alle hir seruau{n}tȝ. ¶ Yif
þat a wyȝt is seyn weleful {and} ou{er}þrowe in an houre.