[Sidenote: [The ferthe met{ur}.]]
++What maner man stable {and} war þat wil founden hym a p{er}durable
sete {and} ne wil not be cast doune wiþ þe loude blastes of þe wynde
Eurus. {and} wil dispise þe see manassynge wiþ floodes ¶ Lat hym eschewe
to bilde on þe cop of þe mou{n}tay{n}gne. or in þe moyste sandes. ¶ For
þe fel[le] wynde auster to{ur}menteþ þe cop of þe mou{n}tayngne wiþ alle
his strengþes. ¶ and þe lowe see sandes refuse to beren þe heuy weyȝte.
{and} forþi yif þou wolt flee þe p{er}ilous auenture þat is to seine of
þe worlde ¶ Haue mynde certeynly to ficchyn þi house of a myrie site in
a lowe stoone. ¶ For al þouȝ þe wynde troublyng þe see þondre wiþ
ouereþrowynges ¶ Þou þat art put i{n} quiete {and} welful by strengþe of
þi palys shalt leden a cleer age. scornyng þe wodenesses and þe Ires of
þe eir.