þen lyues forte be. [lyues, vgl. v. 153.]
hit is fulsoþ ysed:
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þe mon þat haueþ dred,
his frendes wile him fle."
"þo i was strong ant wis,
& werede feir & grys,
ich hauede frendes þo;
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folsoþ i seid it ys:
þe mon þat is of pris,
He haueþ frendes mo.
my myht no wyht nys,
Ygon hit is ywys;
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He bringe me of wo! [Unter "He" ist Gott zu verstehen.]
Men wyste non ywys
þat werede veyr & gris
yþryuen ase y was þo;
þat hauede more of his; [more of his "mehr die zu den seinigen zählten, mehr Anhänger".]
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nou hit so nout ys,
ah al hit is ago,"
"so gentil ne so chis,
ne mon of more pris; [103, 104. Diese Verse nicht noch von v. 97 abhängig.]
ful wo nou me may be!
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þe world wrechede is,
ant þat ȝe wyten ywis, [ȝe, ms. he; vgl. v. 140. wyten ist cj.]
my frendes nulleþ me se."
"fair y was & fre,
& semly forte se:
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þat lasteþ lutel stounde!
gladdere mon wiþ gle
ne mihte neuer be
þurh al godes mounde.
elde, vnhende is he,
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He chaungeþ al my ble,
