Nou þou art sek, and nou þou coverest;
Nou þou art riche, and nou þou pouerest;
Ne is þis muchel wo?
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(9)
Þi fles þe seyþ niȝt and day,
.I. wile hauen eise wil .I. may;
Þi soule þe seiþ nay:
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If ich þe bere to muchel meþ,
Þou wilt me bringen helle deþ,
And wo þat lasteþ ay.
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(10)
Þus hit goþ bitwenen hem two;
Þat on seiþ 'let,' þat oþer 'do,'
Ne cunneþ hey ne nere bilinnen;
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Wel we mowen alle .I.-seen,
Þe soule auhte maister to been,
Þe pris hoe hautte to winnen.
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(11)
Mon, be þou nout þi self ouncouþ;
Loke wat comeþ out at þi mouþ,
Ne findest þou non so fouvel dinghep, [altered from 'dinhhep': l. 64 is written after l. 66.] [folio :2]
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Þey þou loke al abouten,
And elles wer wiþ-houten,
Wel hinderliche þou nim þe kep.
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(12)
Þou hauest, man, in þat foule hous,
A þing þat is wel precious;
Wel dere hit wes .I.-bouht:
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Ich helde þe for wilde and wod,
If þou letest so muchel god,
Þe deuel hauen for nouht.
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(13)
Mon, be waker and be wis;
If þou doun fallest, sone aris,
Ne li þou none stounde:
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Wiþ alle þi miȝte, if þou dost þis,
Þi soule seyt, and soþ hit is,
Ioye þou hauest .I.-founde.
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