5461   Ne shal they fynde unnethis oon,
5462   Whanne poverte is comen upon.
5463   ffor thus fortune that I of telle,
5464   With men whanne hir lust to dwelle,
5465   Makith men to leese her conisaunce,
5466   And norishith hem in ignoraunce.
5467   'But froward fortune and perverse,
5468   Whanne high estatis she doth reverse,
5469   And maketh hem to tumble doune
5470   Or with hir whele, with sodeyn tourne,
5471   And from her richesse doth hem fle,
5472   And plongeth hem in poverte,
5473   As a stepmoder envyous,
5474   And leieth a plastre dolorous
5475   Unto her hertis, wounded egre,
5476   Which is not tempred with vynegre,
5477   But with poverte and indigence,
5478   fforto shewe, by experience,
5479   That she is fortune verelye
5480   In whom no man shulde Affye,
5481   Nor in hir yeftis have fiaunce,
5482   She is so full of variaunce.
5483   Thus kan she maken high and lowe,
5484   Whanne they from richesse arn throwe,