Peter Alphonse

“ In the meane while he mette oon of his friendis, whiche whan he saw hym sorowful asked hym why he sorowed. He to hym reherced that his seruaunt had saide. The friende forsoth to the desolate friende reherced ageyne, sayeng as to make hym myrry: 'Friende, nyl thow be nat desolate ne sory, forwhi often tymes fallen to a man many worldly aduersitees that thoo thynges desirith and with honest deth to fynissh ”

“ To whom the seruaunt: 'If the sonne he at an height gyve me mete.' To whom the lorde saide: 'Thow most worst seruaunt, wiltow ete the nyght?' To whom the seruaunt: 'If it be nyght suffre me to sleepe.' Another tyme the lord saide to his seruaunt in the nyght: 'Maymunde, arise and see whether it Rayne or nat.' He forsoth cald the hounde whiche lay without the gate and whan the dogge cam he felt his feete that wern drye and saide to his lord that it Rayned nat. Another tyme the lord asked his seruaunt in the nyght (f. 133) if any fuyre were in the house. ”

“ Another: 'Because they allow a slow person to obtain what he desires, they also refuse a swift person the obtaining of his.'
Another: 'He hymself beawtith the world with fairness and bi that he hath wonne that he wold the erth hym swolowith and devourith.' Another: 'As in a twynklyng of an eye endith the glorie and joies of the world ”