[see], and though he do ere his feldes plentivous with an hundred

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oxen, never ne shal his bytinge bisinesse for-leten him whyl he

liveth, ne the lighte richesses ne sholle nat beren him companye

whan he is ded.

Me. III. 1. A. om. 2nd a. 2. A. couetise. 4. A. erye. // C. feeldes. 6. C. leuith; A. lyueth. // C. shol; A. shal. // C. A. compaignie.

Prose IV.

Set dignitates.

But dignitees, to whom they ben comen, maken they him

honorable and reverent? Han they nat so gret strengthe, that