Also ys metyng [metynge O, And also it is of metyng D.] on þe morwe [morue O.]
when [qwan D.] þou shalt go to bye [beye O.] or to [O. omits 'to.' qwan þou schalt go beyȝe begge or D.] borwe; [borue O.]
ȝyf þan þy erende [ȝif þou þin arende not D.] spede ne sette,
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þan [Þanne O.] wylt þou curse hym [hem O, banne hym D.] þat þou mette.
Hyt ys þe tycement [þis is þe tysyng D.] of þe deuyl
To curse hem [banne hym D.] þat þoght þe no [none O, non D.] euyl.
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Of hancel y can no skylle also;
Hyt ys nouȝt to beleue þarto: [
Also of hansele I can no skil.It is not for to truste til D.
]
Me þynkeþ hyt ys fals [hyt fals O, for it is fals D.] euery deyl,
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Y beleue hyt nouȝt, ne neuer shal weyl. [I trowe it not ne neuere wil D.]
For many hauyn glad hancel at [Many han hansele on D.] þe morw, [morue O.]
And to hem or euyn comþ [comyþ O.] mochyl [þat longe or euyn han sum D.] sorw; [sorue O.]
And manyon hauyn yn þe day grete noy, [gret noye O, & manye han al day meche noyȝe D.]
And ȝyt or euyn comeþ to hem mochyl [hem comyþ gret O, or euyn comyth ioyȝe D.] ioye.
So mayst þou wyte, ȝyf þou gode [myȝt þou wite . . . good D.] can,
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Þat hancel ys no beleue [is not trewe D.] to man.
Beleuë nouȝt moche [Ne beleue noghte mochyl. O, Ne trowe þou not D. ('Sompnia ne' in margin. D.)] yn no dremys,
For many be nat but gleteryng [beyn but gleterynge O, arn not but gladyng D.] glemys.
Þese clerkys seyn [seyyn O.] þat hyt ys [seyn it is but vanyte D.] vanyte,
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Þat nouȝt ys, ne neuer shal be; [folio 3b]
And oftë [Harl. oft, oftyn D.] mayst þou fynde hyt ryght [ryþt O.]
þat þou hast mete vpon [mette opon O, mett of on D.] þe nyght. [nyþt O.]
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But þerof to haue mochyl [But ouer mochyl to haue þer on. O; but haue þerin non D.] affyaunce
Þe may betyde þe sunner [soner O.] a [þat þe be-tyde non oþer. D.] chaunce.
On syxë maners may a man [men may D.] mete:
Sum beyn to beleue, sum beyn [summe arn to trowe summe arn D.] to lete.
Sum men dremyn [dreme O.] for surfeture,
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