to wurmes scal wurþien,
and alle cunne madmes
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to nocht sulen melten,
and þure [Read ure.] lif sal lutel lasten.
For þu mon weldest
al þis middelert, [W. middelle.]
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and alle þe welþe
þad þe inne wonit,
ne migt [W. nust, K. mist.] þu þi lif lengen
none wile,
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bote al þu it salt leten
one lutele stunde,
and al þi blisse
to bale sal i-wurþen,
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bote þif [Read yif.] þu wurche
wille to Criste.
For biþeng þe we mus [? muge.] us selwen
to leden ure lif,
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so God us ginnid leten,
þenne muge we wenen
þad he us wile wurþen.
For swo saide Salomon,
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þe wise Salomon:
wis is þad wel doþ
hwile he is in þis werld boþ,
euere at þen ende
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he comid þer he hit findit.
26.
¶ Þus quod [K. quad.] Alfred:
Be þu neuere to bold,
to chiden agen oni scold,
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ne mid mani tales
to chiden agen alle dwales.
Ne neuere þu biginne
to tellin newe tidinges
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