The which is more to preyse, y-wis,
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Than [is] miche richesse and tresour;
For more [doth] profit and valour
Poverte, and such adversitee,
Bifore than doth prosperitee;
For the toon yeveth conisaunce,
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And the tother ignoraunce.
'And thus in poverte is in dede