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]