[Sidenote: [The viij Met{ur}.]]
++THat þ^e world w{i}t{h} stable feith / varieth acordable chaungynges
// þ{a}t the contraryos qualite of elementȝ holden among{e} hem self
aliau{n}ce p{er}durable / þ{a}t pheb{us} the sonne w{i}t{h} his goldene
chariet / bryngeth forth the rosene day / þ{a}t the mone hath
{com}mau{n}dement ou{er} the nyhtes // whiche nyhtes hesp{er}us the eue
sterre hat browt // þ{a}t þ^e se gredy to flowen constreyneth w{i}t{h} a
certeyn ende hise floodes / so þ{a}t it is nat l[e]ueful to strechche
hise brode termes or bowndes vp-on the erthes // þ{a}t is to seyn to
cou{er}e alle the erthe // Al this a-cordau{n}ce of thinges is bownden
w{i}t{h} looue / þ{a}t gou{er}neth erthe {and} see / {and} hath also
{com}mau{n}dementȝ to the heuenes / {and} yif this looue slakede the
brydelis / alle thinges þ{a}t now louen hem to gederes / wolden maken a
batayle contynuely {and} stryuen to fordoon the fasou{n} of this worlde
/ the which they now leden in acordable feith by fayre moeuynges // this
looue halt to gideres poeples Ioygned w{i}t{h} an hooly bond / {and}
knytteth sacrement of maryages of chaste looues // And loue enditeth
lawes to trewe felawes // O weleful weer{e} mankynde / yif thilke loue
þ{a}t gouerneth heuene gouerned[e] yowr{e} corages /
EXPLICIT LIB{ER} 2_^us_.