Mi goode Sone, and thou therfore 570

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Bewar and lef thi wicke speche,[576]

Wherof hath fallen ofte wreche

To many a man befor this time.

For who so wole his handes lime,

Thei mosten be the more unclene;

For many a mote schal be sene,

That wolde noght cleve elles there;

And that schold every wys man fere:[577]