The firste is this: he that hath greet ire and wratthe in him-self, he weneth alwey that he may do thing that he may nat do.
Arrogant, is he that thinketh that he hath thilke bountees in him that he hath noght, orweneth that he sholde have hem by hise desertes; or elles he demeth that he be that he nis nat.
And for that many man weneth that he may nat sinne, for no likerousnesse that he doth with his wyf; certes, that opinion is fals.
Beth war, I prey yow; for, by hevene king, Ful many a man weneth to seen a thing, And it is al another than it semeth.
Certes he that, quakinge and 15 dredful, weneth him-selven nedy, he ne liveth never-more riche.
But how shal it thanne be, yif that wit and imaginacioun stryven 30 ayein resoninge, and seyn, that of thilke universel thing that resoun weneth to seen, that it nis right naught?
Consider now yif that by thilke thinges, by whiche a man wenethto geten him blisfulnesse, yif that he may comen to thilke ende that he weneth to come by nature.
Is ther any wight thanne,' quod she, 'that weneth that men mowen doon alle thinges?
But who may bet bigylen, if him liste, Than he on whom men weneth best to triste?
Semblable thing is it, that the resoun of mankinde ne weneth nat that the devyne intelligence bi-holdeth or knoweth thinges to comen, but right as the resoun of mankinde knoweth hem.
Or yif he lese it, he weneth to be dispysed and forleten.
This Troilus is clomben on the staire, 215 And litelweneth that he moot descenden.
But who may bet bigylen, yf him liste, Than he on whom men weneth best to triste?
His bryde abydeth him at his inne, And dighteth his dyner the mene whyle; He singeth his masse for he wolde winne, And so he weneth god begyle!
And yit, this day, the feendes fikilnesse Weneth fully to cacche a tyme and hour 20 To have on us, your liges, a sharp shour, And to his servitude us knitte and thralle.
Wherof tofore as in partie What vice it is I have declared; For who that hath his wit bewared Upon a flatour to believe, Whan that he weneth best achieve 2520 His goode world, it is most fro.
Fulofte and thus the swete soureth, 1190 Whan it is knowe to the tast: He spilleth many a word in wast That schal with such a poeple trete; For whan he weneth most beyete, Thanne is he schape most to lese.
This fend, which this hath understonde, 1510 Was glad, and weneth it be soth: Now herkne, hierafter hou sche doth.
He hath a manere eke also, Him list noght lerne to be wys, For he set of no vertu pris Bot as him liketh for the while; So fieleth he fulofte guile, 910 Whan that he wenethsiker stonde.
For al his trust is on his good, So that al one he falleth ofte, Whan he best weneth stonde alofte, Als wel in love as other wise; For love is evere of som reprise To him that wole his love holde.
Bot thei that worchen be supplaunt, Yit wolden thei a man supplaunte, And take a part of thilke plaunte 2370 Which he hath for himselve set: And so fulofte is al unknet, That som man weneth be riht fast.
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