So mon mai welþe lengest helden,
giu þu neuere leuen
alle monnis spechen,
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ne alle þe þinke
þat þu herest sinken;
for moni mon hauit fikil mod,
and he is monne cuð.
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Ne saltu neuere knewen
wanne he þe wole bipechen.
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¶ Þus quad Alfred:
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Þurch [K. Þurh.] sage mon is wis,
and þurrh selþe mon is gleu,
þurch [K. þurh.] lesin mon is loð,
and [K. omits.] þuruh luþere wrenches unwurþ.
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And hokede honden make þen mon
is hewit to lesen.
Ler þu þe neuer
ouer mukil to leþen;
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ac loke þine [K. þinne.] nexte,
he is ate nede god;
and frendchipe [K. frendschipe.] o werlde
fairest to wurchen,
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wid pouere and wid riche,
wid alle men i-liche,
þanne maist þu sikerliche
seli sittin,
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and faren ouer londe,
hwar so bet þi wille.
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¶ Þus quad Alured:
Werldes welþe
