That he his creatour foryet;
And him, that [begging] wol ay greve,
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How shulde I by his word him leve?
Unnethe that he nis a micher,
Forsworn, or elles [god is] lyer."
Thus seith Salamones sawes;
Ne we finde writen in no lawes,
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And namely in our Cristen lay—