(183. Beggar.)
¶ " 'I am adrad, god is nat in þis place;
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Go we fast hennës, lest þat hys vengeance
ffal on vs!' and with-in a litel space
After they were agone, schop this myschance;
The groundë [grounde R, ground H.] claue and made disseuerance,
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And in sank man, womman, childe, hous, & al
That to hym appertened, gret and smal.
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(184. Beggar.)
¶ "Whan þis come to Ambroses [Ambroses R, Ambrose H.] audience,
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He seidë [seide R, seid H.] to his felacheepë þus:—
'Lo, bretheren! seeth heer in éxperience,
How merciáblely our lord Ihesus
Of his benyngë [benigne R, benyng H.] grace hath sparid vs!
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He sparith hem that vnwelthy heer ben,
And to þe velthy [welthy R.] dooth as þat ye seen.'
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(185. Beggar.)
¶ "This lyf, my sone, is but a chirie faire; [folio 24a]
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Worldly riches, haue ay in þi memórye,
Schal passe, al look it neuer on men so feire;
Whil þou art heer in þis world transitórie,
Enable þe to wynne eternel glorie
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Wher no pouert is, but perfite richesse
Of ioye and blysse, and vertuous gladnesse.
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(186. Beggar.)
¶ "O thyng tel I þe, sonë, þat is soth:
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Thogh a man hadde als moch as men han al,
But vertu, þat good gye, al he mys dooth,
Al þat swetnessë tournë schal to gal.
Whan þat richesse is on a man yfal, [falle R, fal H.]
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If it be wrong dispendid or mys-kept,
Another day ful sore it schal be wept.
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