¶ Ȝif þou wolt kepe þi gode loos
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ffrom wiked sunne and blame,
To veyne ioyes of þis world
ffor-sak hem alle bi name.
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¶ Cum sapias animo, noli irridere senectam; Nam quocumque sene, [[quicumque senet, V. R.]] puerilis sensus in illo est.
151.
Pur quei ke seieȝ sage,
Ia homme de veilage
Ne serras gabaunt;
Kar kaunt homme enueillist,
Le sen ly enfeblist
E si deuent enfaunt.
¶ In old mon is childes wit,
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Soþ þou schalt hit fynde;
Ȝif þou be wys, scorn him not,
Hit falleþ to his kuynde.
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¶ Disce aliquid; nam, cum subito fortuna recedit, [[recessit, V. R.]] Ars remanet uitamque hominis non deserit vnquam.
152.
Aperneȝ a-kun art,
Ke, si fortune senpart
de tei sodeynement,
le art od tei remeyndra,
Ke trop ne tei lerra
Esguare entre gent.
¶ Leorn sum good, whil þou miht;
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Auenture haþ no make;
Mester wol not fayle þi lyf,
Hit nul þe neuere forsake.
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¶ Prospicito cuncta [[Perspicito tecum, V. R.]] tacitus, quod quisque loquatur: Sermo hominum mores celat, set & indicat idem.
153.
A chekun parlement seyeȝ
E entendaunt tote feȝ,
Mes teisaunt tei couere;
Kar la parole a plusours hommes
Lour mours e lour custumes
Clerement descouere.
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