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 POETRY. 73 NE INVECTIONE AGAINST FORTUN; CON- TAINING AN ADMONITION TO HIS FRIENDS AT COURT. or Clio nor Calliope I chuse : lleggra ! thou must be my mirthles Muse, or to inspire my spreit with thy despite, nd with thy fervent furie me infuse. hat epithets or arguments to use With fals and feinyed FORTUN for to flyte. Izt wey my words, and waill my verse to wryte, hat curst inconstant cative till accuse, hase variance of all my woes I wyte. She is mair moible mekle nor the moon ; keips a course, and changis not so soon ; t in ane ordour waxes ay and wanes, Bacre lu and B moll far abone. mesur not a moment she remanes, e gives by gess, she weyis no gold by grains; r doings all are undiscreitly done ithout respect of persons or of pains. for men of merit she no matter maks ; dat when a toy intill her heid slie taks, It ryme or reason, or respect to richt, e worthiest and valiantest she forsaks, 1 honours out-waills for unworthie acts, of a kitchen knaive to mak a knicht. htwitch! that warlok! that unworthie wicht nis ay the best men soonest on th air backs, le scttis up sic as some tym war but slycht,