Salomon. Pecunie obediunt omnia.
The gold put under alle thing,
And set it whan him list above;
The gold can make of hate love
And werre of pes and ryht of wrong,
And long to schort and schort to long; 240
Withoute gold mai be no feste,
Gold is the lord of man and beste,[1479]
And mai hem bothe beie and selle;
So that a man mai sothly telle