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—