¶ Ȝif in þin ende of þin elde
Line 441
Þe falle richesse strong,
Beo not to scars, freliche dispende
Þer neod is euer among.
Line 444
¶ Vtile consilium dominus ne despice serui; Nullius sensum, si prodest, tempseris vnquam.
117.
Ne seieȝ despisaunt
Le counseil toun seruaunt,
Si il est profitable;
Ne lesseȝ le sen de nuly
Quant tu veieȝ desi
Ke il seit couenable.
¶ Dispise no counseil of þi mon,
Line 445
Ȝif he beo profitable;
Ne þe wit of oþur men,
Ȝif hit beo resonable.
Line 448
¶ Rebus & in censu si non est, quod fuit ante, ffac viuas contentus eo, quod postulat vsus. [[q. tempora praebent, V.R.]]
118.
Si tu ne seieȝ manaunt
Cum as este deuaunt,
Cum ly plusours sount,
A tei seit suffisaunt
Le petit e le graunt,
Solum ke le tens respount.
¶ Ȝif hit beo not in þi catel
Line 449
As sum-tyme was bi-fore,
Hold þe payed of þin hap
And haue non herte sore
Line 452
¶ Vxorem fuge ne ducas sub nomine dotis, Nec retinere velis, si ceperit esse molesta.
119.
ffemme prendre ne deieȝ
Pur bien ke seit, mes veies
Ke ele te seit honeste;
Ne pur nuil desyr
Ke voleȝ reteyner
Si ele te seit moleste
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