[Sidenote: [The 7^the p{ro}se.]]
++But what shal I seie of delices of body. of whic[h]e delices þe
desiringes ben ful of anguisse. {and} þe fulfillinges of he{m} ben ful
of penaunce. ¶ How grete sekenesse {and} how grete sorwes vnsuffrable
ryȝt as a manere fruit of wickednesse ben þilke delices wont to bryngen
to þe bo[d]ies of folk þat vsen hem. ¶ Of whiche delices I not what ioye
may ben had of hir moeuyng. ¶ But þis woot I wel þat who so euere wil
remembren hym of hys luxuries. he shal wel vndirstonde. þat þe issues of
delices ben sorowful {and} sory. ¶ And yif þilke delices mowen make folk
blisful. þan by þe same cause moten þise bestes ben clepid blisful. ¶ Of
whiche bestes al þe entenc{i}ou{n} hasteþ to fulfille hire bodyly
iolyte. and þe gladnesse of wijf [{and}] children were [an] honest þing.
but it haþ ben seid. þat it is ouer myche aȝeins kynde þat children han
ben fou{n}den tormentours to hir fadres I not how many. ¶ Of whiche
children how bitynge is euery condic{i}ou{n}. It nedeþ nat to tellen it
þe þat hast or þis tyme assaied it. {and} art ȝit now anguysso{us}. In
þis approue I þe sentence of my disciple Euridippus. þat seide þat he
þat haþ no children is weleful by i{n}fortune.