That coude the Grek Pithagores!
I shulde have pleyd the bet at ches,
And kept my fers the bet therby;
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And thogh wherto? for trewely
I hold that wish nat worth a stree!
Hit had be never the bet for me.
For Fortune can so many a wyle,
Ther be but fewe can hir begyle,
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