Of allë wysdom þat shal dure,
Þe most wysdom, þan ys 'mesure';
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Mesure and resun, to-gedyr þey wone,
And alle manere of vertues þey kone.
with whom þey wonë, he ys wys,
And ys ryche, and holdyn yn prys.
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hyt ys a gode sygne þat man ys stable,
Þat yn resun ys mesuráble.
Many a vertu, mesure has,
Þat touched ys nat yn þys pas.
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But þe mesure of etyng,
Þát ys boþe to olde and ȝyng;
Þarefore wyl y telle ȝow alle
Yn what þyngës þat ȝe falle.
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Be nat to þy self so large,
Ouer mesure þyn [Harl. yn.] herte to charge,
Þat þou ne kast for vylaynye
Ne for þe foule lust of glotonye.
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Þenk here-on whan þou hyt bygynnys,
For þer-yn are þre wykked synnes:
Glotonye, and þefte of þyng,
And cursed yn chyrche, ys mede endyng.
