Suffrir en toun corage
Le trauayl ke vous vent sure.
¶ Sum tyme to þi studiing
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Þou puit Ioye euere among;
Þou schalt betere afturward
Suffre trauayle strong.
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¶ Alterius dictum aut factum ne carpseris unquam, Exemplo simuli ne te derideat alter.
114.
Autri dyt ne fet
Ne voylles par nuil plet
Reprendre ne blamer;
Kar si autre de tey
Le face en dreyt de cey,
Il te veut peiser.
¶ Oþur monnes word ne werk
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Loke þat þou ne blame,
Þat he ne mouwe in such a caas
Scorne þe bi þe same.
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¶ Quod tibi sors dederit tabulis supprema notato, Augendo serua, ne sis, quem fama loquatur.
115.
Ce ke tei chet en sort
Quant toun Ancestre est mort,
Entenk le pur ben garder;
E pur sauuer ta fame,
Ke tu ne eyeȝ blame,
Penseȝ de ceo anoyter.
¶ Þing þat Aunter haþ þe ȝiuen
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Aftur þi frend is ded,
Kep, and saue þi gode los,
And beo I-holden no qued.
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¶ Cum tibi diuicie superant in fine senecte, Munificus facito uiuas, nec parcus amicis.
116.
Si a la fyn de ta veilesse
Tei abounde ta richesse,
Escars ne seies pas,
Mes en tens despent
E dones largement,
Taunt cum tu purras.
