[Linenotes: 4118 _þou wolt_--þ{ o}u wys wilt 4119 _þund[ere]re_--thonderer{ e} _seyne_--seyn 4120 _bihold_--MS. biholde, C. byhold 4122 _rody_--MS. redy, C. rody _fire_--Fyr 4123 _cercle_--clerke 4125 _courses_--cours _hey[gh]t_--heyhte 4127 _westerne_--westrene _dy[gh]en_--deeyn 4128 [_the_]--from C. _he see_--MS. it sewe, C. he see _oþer_--oothr{ e} 4131 _a[gh]eyne_--ayein 4133 _oute_--owt 4134 _euene-lyke manere[s]_--euenelyk maneres 4135 _striuen_--stryuynge _nat_--omitted 4136 _but_--omitted 4138 _ly[gh]t[e] fyre arist_--lyhte fyr arysith 4140 _yere_--[gh]er 4142 _comeþ a[gh]eyne_--comth ayein 4143 _reyne_--reyn 4144 _furþe al þinge_--forth alle thing _brediþ lyfe_--berith lyf 4145 _worlde_--world _þilk_--thilke 4146 _last[e] deþe_--laste deth 4147 _yborn_--MS. yborne, C. I-born 4148 _lorde_--lord 4149 _wise_--wys 4150 _stireþ_--sterith _don_--gon 4151 _þe_--omitted 4153 _clepiþ_--klepede 4154 _constreyned[e]_--constreynede _roundenesse_--Rowndnesses 4156 _sholde_--sholden 4158 _tournen_--torne _of_--to 4159 _be_--ben 4161 _eftesones a[gh]eine_--eft sones ayein 4162 _haþ_--MS. haþe]
[Sidenote: _P._ Do you see what follows from our arguments?]
++Sest þou nat þan what þing folweþ alle þe þinges þat I haue seid.
[Sidenote: _P._ That all fortune is good.]
¶ Certys q{ uo}d she 4164 outerly þat al fortune is good.
[Sidenote: _P._ Since all fortune, whether prosperous or adverse, is for the reward of the good or the punishment of the bad, all fortune is good which is either just or useful.]
¶ Now vndirstand q{ uo}d she so as [alle fortune wheyther so it be Ioyeful fortune / or aspr{ e}] fortune is [gh]iuen eiþer by cause of g{ er}donynge or ellys of 4168 ex{ er}cisynge of goode folk or ellys by cause to punissen. or ellys to chastysen shrewes. ¶ þan is alle fortune [[pg 145]] good. þe whiche fortune is certeyne þat it be eiþer ry[gh]tful or p{ ro}fitable.
[Sidenote: But let us put this opinion among those positions which thou saidst were not commonly believed by the people.]
¶ For soþe þis is a ful verray resou{ n} 4172 q{ uo}d I. and yif I considere þe p{ ur}ueau{ n}ce { and} þe destine þat þou tau[gh]test me a litel here byforne þis sentence is susteyned by stedfast resou{ n}s. but yif it like vnto þe lat vs nou{ m}bre hem amonges þilk[e] þinges of 4176 whiche þou seidest a litel here byforne þat þei ne were nat able to ben ywened to þe poeple.