For hunger dye, and for cold quake;
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God can wel vengeaunce therof take.
[Thre] gret mischeves hem assailith,
And thus in gadring ay travaylith;
With moche peyne they winne richesse;
And drede hem holdith in distresse,
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To kepe that they gadre faste;
With sorwe they leve it at the laste;