Ȝyf hyt ne be, þou art to blame;
Ordeyned to þe ys mochë shame.
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Ȝyf þou yn batayle, or in fyȝt,
Toke oght of man with-outë ryȝt,
And namely of relygyun,
Þe harder ys þy synnë doun:
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And but þou sone amendë þe,
Þarfor mayst þou acumbred be:
Hyt ys wurþy hym for to dere
Þat holy cherche wyl nat forbere.
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Ȝyf þou of rychesse [ryches.] be wel beforne,
And a ȝere or two holdyst [haldest.] þy corne
Þat þou myȝt [myghtest.] selle hyt ryȝt dere,
And to helpe þe pore þou wylt nat here,
Salamon seyþ, þat mochë kan,
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Þou shalt be weryed with many man;
For þou ȝyuest myys [ȝyfst mys.] to ȝete [ete.]
Þat was ordeyned to [for.] mannys mete;
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For who so wyl hys myys wel fede,
And spare hyt fro þe pore at nede,
hyghly shal he go a-lone
To þe deuyl, body and bone.
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Ȝyf þou haue of ouþer tresour,
More þan susteyneþ þyn onour,—
Syluer, cloþes, or ouþer store,
Or of ouþer þyngës more,—
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Ȝyf þe pore for defautë deye,
And þou mayst hym helpe, y seye,
Þou are a-couped of þys vyce
Of coueytyse, and of auaryce;
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And before God, of þeft, a þefe,
And for hys deþ, of slaghter grefe.
Ȝyf þou yn falshede so moche ȝede,
For coueytyse or for grete mede
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