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And euer þe hihere he his of state
þe more yhalden is he dissolate
If þat a prince vse hasardie
In al gouernance and al policie
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He is as be commune opinion
.I.-halde þe lasse in reputacion
[Stilbon that was Ihalde a wis Embassetour
Was sent into Corynthe with ful gret honour [Addit. 25,718 folio 57b] ]
ffro Calidonye to maken hem alleaunce
And whan he cam him happed þis chaunce
That al þe grettest þat were of þis lande
Pleynge att þe Hasard he hem fande
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For whiche as sone as þat miht be
He stale him home aȝeine to his contre
And seide þere .I. wold nouht lese my name
.I. wil nouht take on me so grete defame
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Ȝowe for to alleye to none hasardoures
Sendeþ oþere wise embassadoures
For be my trouþe me were leuer deye
þan .I. to ȝowe hasadoures scholde alleye
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For ȝe þat bien so glorious in honoures
Schall nouȝt alleye ȝowe wiþ asardoures
As be my will ne as be my trete
This wise philosophre þus seide to me
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Looke þou vse no pleie of dees in þin house
Looke eke þat þe kinge demetrius
Sent him a paire of dees of golde in scoren
For he hadd vsed hasardry þer be-forne
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For whiche he held his glorie and renoune
And no valewe of reputacione
Lordes myhten finde oþere manere pleie
Honest ynouhe to driue þe daie a-weie
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Now wole .I. speke of othes fals and grete
A worde or tuo as oþere bookes trete
Grete swereynge is a þinge abhominable
And fals swereinge is more repreueable
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