[Sidenote: [The .iij. Met{ur}.]]
++Whan phebus þe sonne bygynneþ to spreden his clerenesse w{i}t{h}
rosene chariettes. þan þe sterre ydimmyd paleþ hir white cheres. by þe
flamus of þe so{n}ne þat ouer comeþ þe sterre lyȝt. ¶ Þis is to seyn
whan þe sonne is risen þe day sterre wexiþ pale {and} lesiþ hir lyȝt for
þe grete bryȝtnesse of þe sonne. ¶ Whan þe wode wexeþ redy of rosene
floures in þe first somer sesou{n} þoruȝ þe breþe of þe wynde Zephirus
þat wexeþ warme. ¶ Yif þe cloudy wynde auster blowe felliche. þan goþ
awey þe fayrnesse of þornes. Ofte þe see is clere {and} calme wiþoute
moeuy{n}g floodes. And ofte þe horrible wynde aq{u}ilon moeueþ boylyng
tempestes {and} ouer whelweþ þe see. ¶ Yif þe forme of þis worlde is so
[ȝeelde] stable. {and} yif it to{ur}niþ by so many entrechau{n}gynges.
wilt þou þa{n} truste{n} in þe trublynge fortunes of me{n}. wilt þou
trowen i{n} flittyng goodes. It is certeyne {and} establissed by lawe
p{er}durable þat no þi{n}g þ{a}t is engendred nys stedfast no stable.