Ne seyeȝ ia entremettour
De lour offys maugre lour.
Ȝif þou be in cumpaignye
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Wher vche mon haþ his baylye,
Maugre of hem be not so nyce
To entremete þe of heore offyce.
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IERONIMUS.
ffrustra niti & nichil aliud querere nisi odium, extreme demencie est.
De quere maugre sanȝ nul pru
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haute deuerie est tenu;
Si vous ne poyeȝ ambedeuȝ fere,
Le sages dist qe vous deueȝ tere.
To gete þe maugre wiþ-outen prou,
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A wood mon I-holde be schaltou;
Ȝif þou maiȝt not geten boþe at on res,
Þe wyse mon biddeþ þe holde þi pes.
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IHESUS CRISTUS.
Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis alijs, remecietur vobis; dimitt[it]e & dimittetur vobis.
Si nuli mesfeȝ vous eit,
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E puis par autre greue seit;
Si tele greuaunce bien vous plest,
Pur vous abesser dieu est prest.
Ȝif eny mon haþ þe misdo,
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And a-noþur haue greued him also:
Þerof ȝif þou be proud and fayn,
God wol þe meke, in certayn.
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SAULUS.
Omnem [MS. omnium] filium quem recipit deus corripit & castigat.
Penseȝ touȝiours ke dieu vus cleyme
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Pur le sen, e vous eyme,
Si vous aveȝ vn [MS. in] greuaunce,
Pur auer aylours alleggaunce.
Þenk euere, god cleymeþ þe his to be,
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And þat for loue he visyteþ þe,
Whon he þe seendeþ eny greuaunce,
Elleswher hit is to haue alleggaunce.
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