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