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¶ I likne þe wombe, and þat wiþ-ynne,
To botemeles purs, þat moche doþ take;
To couetous, no wyket pynne;
To glotoun, þe garner wyd open make.
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Þe wombe preyed þe mouþ to blynne:
"Þou etest and drynkest, þat y ake."
"To slepe," quod þe eyȝe, "we may not wynne
Þe wrecched wombe so doþ vs wake."
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¶ "We dulle of heryng," quod þe ere.
"We dase for dronken," quod þe eyȝe:
"I wende but o mone þere were,
And me þouȝte two y seyȝe."
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Quod þe handis, "fro mouþ may we not vs were."
Quod [folio 115a] þe mouþ, "y drank while y myȝte drye."
"Allas," quod þe feet, "all we bere,
And ȝoure bargayn dere abye."
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¶ The handes and feet, þe mouþ gan preye,
"Let vs thre dayes reste,
Wiþ alle þyn oþere lymes pleye,
Wiþ felaschip, frend, and geste."
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Þe mouþ, in anger he dede saye,
"Þes þre dayes do ȝour best.
Al þat tyme, nyȝt ne daye,
No mete ne drynk come in my brest."
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¶ Thre dayes the mouþ dede faste,
Tyl wombe calde þe mouþ vnkynde.
"Vnkynde [[?for Vnbynde]] thyn handes, are þey faste?
Stere, and lete þe mylle grynde."
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Quod þe eren, "oure heryng is at þe laste."
Quod eyen, "we dase, and waxe blynd."
Quod handes and feet, "oure strengþe is paste,"
Quod brayn and herte, "vs wantes mynde."
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