[Sidenote: [The fyrste Met{ur}.]]
++TIgris [{and}] eufrates resoluen {and} spryngen of a welle in þe
kragges of þe roche of þe contre of achemenye þer{e} as þe fleenge
[batayle] ficchiþ hire dartes reto{ur}nid in þe brestes of hem þat
folwen hem. ¶ And sone aftre þe same ryueres tigris {and} eufrates
vnioygne{n} {and} dep{ar}ten hir{e} watres. and yif þei comen to-gidre
{and} ben assembled {and} clepid to-gidre in to o cours. þan moten þilke
þinges fletyn to-gidre whiche þat þe water of þe entrechau{n}gyng flode
bry{n}geþ þe shippes {and} þe stokkes araced wiþ þe flood moten
assemble. {and} þe watres ymedlyd wrappiþ or implieþ many fortunel
happes or maneres. þe whiche wandryng happes naþeles þilke enclinyng
lowenes of þe erþe. {and} þe flowynge ordre of þe slidyng water
gouerniþ. ¶ Ryȝt so fortune þat semeþ as [þat] it fletiþ wiþ slaked or
vngouerned[e] bridles. It suffriþ bridles þat is to seyn to ben gouerned
{and} passeþ by þilke lawe. þat is to sein by þe deuyne ordinaunce.