Catel is long in gederyng,
And sone a-wei wol renne.
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¶ Insipiens esto, cum tempus postulat, aut res: Stulticiam simulare loco prudencia summa est.
92.
ffol voil qe tu seieȝ,
Solum ceo ke tu veieȝ
Coment la chose vet;
Kar cointise est graunt
Defendre sei noun-sauaunt
Pur soun esplet.
¶ ffeyne þe fol, þei þou be wys,
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Þer fooles aren beo-deene;
A Mon to feynen him on þat wyse
Is wismon, als I wene.
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¶ Luxuriam fugito, simul & vitare memento Crimen Auaricie; nam sunt contraria fame.
93.
ffueȝ lecherie
E ne ameȝ mye
Nuil de ces delyces;
E Auarice ausy;
Kar ce sacheȝ de fy,
Ke ceus doynent graunt vices.
¶ Lecherie and Glotenie,
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ffleo hem boþe bi name;
Þei ben two wikked vices,
And bringe men ofte in fame.
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¶ Noli tu quedam referenti credere semper: Exigua est tribuenda fides, quia multa locuntur. [[loquuntur]]
94.
A ces counteous
Ne creyeȝ mye a tous
Ke countent meynt a fere;
Kar mout I ad paroles
ffauces e foles,
E poi de fei entere.
¶ Leeue þou not alle mennes tales,
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Deceyuet þat þou ne beo;
Mon þat telleþ mony þinges,
ffals most nede sum beo.
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