Propterea cupido non dat sua dona Cupido,
Nam qui nulla serit, gramina nulla metet.
Blinde Avarice of his lignage[281]
For conseil and for cousinage,
P. ii. 284
To be withholde ayein largesse,
Hic tractat super illa specie Auaricie que Parcimonia dicitur, cuius natura tenax aliqualem sue substancie porcionem aut deo aut hominibus participare nullatenus consentit.
Hath on, whos name is seid Skarsnesse,
The which is kepere of his hous,
And is so thurghout averous,