(179. Beggar.)
¶ "Sone, as for me, nouthir avaunte ne rere;
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But if disese algatës schal bityde,
ffor to be pacïent, rede I thow leere;
ffor any thyng, with-holde hir on þi side;
My reed wole it nat, sonë, fro the hide;
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Make of necessite, reed I, vertu;
ffor better rede can I non, by Ihesu.
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(180. Beggar.)
¶ "My sonë, they þat swymmen in richesse
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Continuelly, and han prosperitee,
And neuere han felt but welëful swetnesse,
Vnscourgid ay of any aduersitee,
Leest god forgete hem, oughten ferdful be;
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Syn god in holy writ seith in þis wyse,
'Whom so I loue, hym wole I chastyse.' [Quem diligo, castigo R, in margin.]
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(181. Beggar.)
¶ "Seint Ambroses legendë seith, how he [folio 23b]
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Ones to Romë-ward took his viage,
And in Tuscië, tóward þat contree,
With a riche ost he took his herbergage;
Of whom, as blyuë fair in his langage,
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Of his estate enqueren he be-gan;
And vnto þat, answerde anon this man:
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(182. Beggar.)
¶ " 'Right at my lust haue I al worldely welth;
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Myn estat hath ben ay good, and yit is;
Richesse haue I, frendschipe, and bodyes helth;
Was neuere thynge me happid yit amys.'
And seint Ambrose, [Ambrose R, Ambroses H.] astonëd sore of this,
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Anon right rowned to his compaignye,
'Sires, it is tyme þat we hennës hye;
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