[Sidenote: [The 5^the Met{ur}.]]
++ÞE bestes passen by þe erþes by ful dyuerse figures for so{m}me of hem
han hir bodies strauȝt {and} crepe{n} in þe dust {and} drawen after
he{m} a t{ra}is or a forghe contynued. þat is to sein as addres or
snakes. and oþer bestes by [the] wandryng lyȝtnesse of hir wenges beten
þe wyndes {and} ouer-swymme{n} þe spaces of þe longe eyer by moist
flee[y]nge. and oþer bestes gladen hem to diggen her traas or her
stappes i{n} þe erþe wiþ hir goynge or wiþ her feet. or to gone eyþe[r]
by þe grene feldes or [elles] to walken vnder þe wodes. {and} al be it
so þ{a}t þou seest þat þei alle discorden by dyuerse formes. algate
hir{e} [faces] enclini[n]g heuieþ hir{e} dulle wittes. Onlyche þe lynage
of man heueþ heyest hys heyȝe heued {and} stondeþ lyȝt wiþ hys vpryȝt
body {and} byholdeþ þe erþe vndir hym. [and] but-ȝif þou erþely man
wexest yuel oute of þi witte. þis figure amonesteþ þe þ{a}t axest þe
heuene wiþ þi ryȝt[e] visage. {and} hast areised þi forhede to beren vp
on heye þi corage so þat þi þouȝt ne be nat yheuied ne put lowe vndir
foot. sen þat þi body is so heye areised.