Senek, þat moche of wysdom spellyþ, [mechil of wysdam telliþ D.]
'Ne be þou neuere [Harl. omits 'neuere;' D omits 'Ne.'] yn swych errour
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To make þyn eyr þy secutour, [secatour D.]
Ne þy sekutoure þy fysycyene,
Yn hopë for to leue a-ȝene.'
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For þy þyng, þy [þynge þyn O, Of al þi good . þin D.] eyr seyþ þys,
Þat byfore was þyn, he halt hyt hys; [al þat was or is . he tellith his D.]
Þyn executure, [exekutour O, executour D.] to haue þy þyng, [þynge O, þing D.]
wlde þat þou madyst þyn endyng. [endynge O, Wolde þou . . endyng D.]
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Þou owyst [owst O.] to do no þyng [þynge O, Do no þing lowd ne D.] stylle
withoute leue of þy fadrys wylle; [D adds 2 more lines: þat is to seyn . tak þou no þing. with-out þi faderys byddyng.]
Þat ys to seyë, [seyn D.] take no wyfe
For to make betwyxe [betwen D.] ȝou stryfe;
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Ne no grete þyng [gret þynge O, gret þing D.] beye ne [beyȝe ne D.] selle
Ȝyf þou vndyr hys gouernaunce [gouernayle O, kepyng D.] dwelle.
To relygyun þou mayst [In-to religioun mayst þou D.] go
withoutë cunseyl of any [ony D.] mo;
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And to [to þe OD.] holy land, ȝyf þou haue hyt hette; [ȝif þou it hete D.]
Syb, ne vnsyb, may [ne may O.] hyt lette. [for sibbe ne frend schalt þou not lete D.]
A clerk þat folylyche [þe clerk seiþ . he þat folyly D.] dyspendyth
þe godys þat hysfadyr hymȝyueþ [ȝyfþ O.] or sendyþ,
And wyl [wyle O.] nat ȝyue hym for to lere
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Clergye ne [er D.] craft, or ouþer mystere,
wykkedlyche al þat gode he dyspendyþ [stelyþ O, þat good þou stelyst wikkydly I gesse D.]
þat hys fadyr for godenesse spelyþ. [godenes. þat þi fader spendith for þi good|nesse D.]
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To hard a-cuncte [acomptis D.] shall he be sette
At hys endyng, whan he shal be [qwan he is D.] fette,
Þat so hys tyme haþ al forlore, [haþ for-lorn D.]
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