Bot kepth it, as a servant schal:
And thus, thogh that he multeplie[1460]
His gold, withoute tresorie
P. ii. 132
He is, for man is noght amended[1461]
With gold, bot if it be despended
To mannes us; wherof I rede
A tale, and tak therof good hiede,
Of that befell be olde tyde,
As telleth ous the clerk Ovide. 140