(159. Beggar.)
¶ "And vp he rysith, foot and hand tremblyng,
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As þat assailed hym þe parlësye [As that hym shoke the palsye R.] ;
And at a stirt, withouten tarying,
Vn-to his cofre he dressith hym in hye;
Or he there come, he is in poynte to dye;
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He it vndoth, and opneth, for to se
If þat his falsë [fals H R.] goddës ther-in be:
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(160. Beggar.)
¶ "He dredith fynde it as þat he hath drempt.
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This worldës power ánd riche hábundance, [¶ Idem Sene|ca: Saeculi [Simili R.] autem potes|tas sine ti|more periculi nunquam est, sed pauper|tas semper secura est.]
Of drede of peryl neuere ben exempt;
But in pouert is ay [ay R, an H.] sikir constance:
Who holdith hym content, hath sufficiance.
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And sonë, by my rede þou schalt do so,
And by desir of good nat sette a slo.
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(161. Beggar.)
¶ "Wilful pouért in princes ancïen [folio 21a]
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So ferforth was, þat þey desired more
Good loos þan [than R, that H.] good; bot now-of-dayes, men
Yerne [Renne R.] and desiren after muk so sore,
Þat they good fame han leyd a watir yore, [That her gode fame is leid a water thore R.]
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And rekken neuer how longe it þer stipe, [slepe R.]
Or thogh it drenchë, so þei good may grype. [kepe R.]
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(162. Beggar.)
¶ "Of Siȝilë whilom [Cesile somtyme R.] þer was a kyng
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With erthen wessel serued at his table;
And men, wondryng faste [fast wondrede R.] vpon this thyng [Nota]
Seyd vn-to hym, it was nat honurable
To his estat, ne nothyng comendable,
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Axynge hym why hym list be serued so;
To which demandë he answerdë tho:
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