And it is al falsheed and gyle,
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As they shal afterwardes see,
Whan they arn falle in povertee,
And been of good and catel bare;
Than shulde they seen who freendis ware.
For of an hundred, certeynly,
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Nor of a thousand ful scarsly,
Ne shal they fynde unnethis oon,