Which nou takth every cause on honde:
So mai men knowe, hou the florin
Was moder ferst of malengin
P. ii. 139
And bringere inne of alle werre,
Wherof this world stant out of herre
Thurgh the conseil of Avarice,
Which of his oghne propre vice
Is as the helle wonderfull;
For it mai neveremor be full,[1494] 350