(650)
¶ Thow seist per cas, "yf I no man byreue
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His good, what wrong, myn owne is it to hyde
And multiplie?" o, chynchë! by þi leue,
What seist [seyest R.] þou is þin? what was þin, þat tyde
Thow cam in-to þis world, þou homycide?
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Thow broghtist naght; claymë no propertee [folio 80a] [Scilicet tem|pore necesci|tatis R.]
Of thing þat oghtë communë [oght comon R.] to be.
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(651)
¶ Thi talkinge and þi clap is al of erthe, [¶ Ysaie xixo. de terra lo|queris & de humo audie|tur eloquium tuum propter amorem quem habes ad sordes. Luce xij. Cui multum da|tum est mul|tum queretur ab eo a deo & hominibus.]
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And þe ground for-þi schal answere the,
ffor þat þe loue of muk sittith so neer þe.
Of him þat hath of goodës gret plentee,
Of god and man mochil axid schal be;
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Thow schalt be rekned with, heer-aftir, [there as a R.] chynche,
Where as þou schalt not at þe acountës pynche.
(652)
¶ By what [what R, þat H.] title þat þou getist þi good,
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Thow countist naght þe value of a myte;
Thyn hert is euermore on gold so wood,
That no thing ellës canst þou in [in, om. H, That in no . . . thow R.] delite;
Of conscïencë rekkist þou so lite,
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What goodis þat þou getist of rapyne,
Þou hem affermest by good title þyne.
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(653)
¶ ffeith and prowessë, leist þou vndir foote, [¶ Salustius dicit: Aua|ricia fidem & probitatem subpeditat, & docet homi|nem in se habere super|biam & cru|delitatem.]
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And techist folk to haue in hem-self pride;
And cruelte hath caght in þe swiche roote,
That sche noght slippë may fro þe, ne slyde;
And euery vertu throwest þou a-syde.
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O, euery prince and [and R, or H.] kyng moot ben eschu,
In al maneere, of þi lym and þi glu.
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