[...] court, that they that be symple, be dispraysed, y^e vertuous enuyed, & y^e proud arrogaūtes, in mortal peryl. And yf thou be placed vnder y^e other courchiers, thou shalt en­uy at theyr power, yf y^u be in mean estate, in y^e which thou hast not suffisaūce, thou shalt labour & striue for to moūte & ryse hyer, & yf thou mayst come to y^e hye secretes whi­che be strongly to doubte, feare, & drede, in the doubtous courteyns of y^e most hie prīces, thē shalt y^u be most infortunate, for so moch as ȳ s [...]i [...]est to be most fortunate & happy, so moch more shalt thou be in great daūger & peril to fal, like to him y^t is mounted into y^e most hys place, for to thē, whō fortune y^e va­riable hath most hyghly lyfte vp, and inhaūsed, resteth nomore, but for to falle fro so hye, downe, by­cause she oweth to them, nothyng but shame, ruine, and destruction yf that y^u hast taken of her al that [Page] thou myghteste, and y^t she woulde geue, then arte thou detter of thy selfe, to the ende that she render & yelde y^• infortunate, and vnhap­py, whō she hadde before inhaun­ced. And y^t she mocke hym of hys mischefe whō she had made blind of vayn glory of hys inhaunsyng for the great wyndes that blowe in hye courtes, be of soche nature, and condicion, y^t they only that be hyghest inhaunsed, be after theyr dispoyntmente / as a spectacle of enuy, detractyon or of hate, vnto all people, and fynd them self, subiectes, tyl they be shamed and put down amōg the people, and that they that before siewed to thē and flattered thē reporte of them more greater blames and deuysyons, thē the other, for the multitude of people disprayse thē alway y^t for­tune hath most altered, & throwen down, and also is enuious at thē [...]