Drinke not bitwene melis for no froward delite
But if þurst or traueile ȝeue þee occasioun.
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And ouer salt mete dooþ greet oppressioun
To feble stomakis þat wole not hem refreyne
From þingis þat ben contrarie to her complex|ioun,
Þei doon to her stomakis ofte myche peine.
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(IV. LATIN VII.)
¶ Vse no surfetis neiþir day ne nyght,
Neiþer ony rere soupers, which is but excesse;
And be waar of nodding heedis & of candil liȝt,
And also of long sleep and of ydilnesse
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¶ The which of alle vicis sche is porteresse. [page 184]
And voide alle drunkelew folk, liers, & letchouris,
And alle hem þat vsen suche vnþriftynesse,
And also dijs pleiers and hacerdouris.
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(V. LATIN III.)
¶ To yuel talis ȝeeue noo credence;
Be not to hasti, ne to sodeyn veniable;
To poore folk do þou no violence;
Be gentil of langage, in fedinge mesurable;
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On sundri metis be not gredi at þe table;
Long sleep aftir mete dooþ myche greuaunce.
Blame no condicioun which is commendable;
But to seie þe beste, sette alle þi plesaunce.
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(VI. LATIN VI.)
Use fier bi þe morewe, & to bedward at eue
Aȝens blake mystis and eir of pestilence;
And arise þou eerli if þou be in heele,
And first bi þe morewe do god reuerence.
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To visite þe poore do þi diligence,
And on þe needi haue compassioun,
