ben purveyed of god, whiche that temporel welefulnesse commendeth.
Glose. As thus: that, yif a wight have prosperitee, he is a
good man and worthy to han that prosperitee; and who-so hath
adversitee, he is a wikked man, and god hath forsake him, and
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he is worthy to han that adversitee. This is the opinioun of some
folk.
And ther-of comth that [good gessinge], first of alle thing, forsaketh
wrecches: certes, it greveth me to thinke right now the
dyverse sentences that the poeple seith of me. And thus moche