For who so wole it wel agrope,
To hem belongeth al Europe, 7340
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Which is the thridde parti evene
Of al the world under the hevene;
And we be bot of folk a fewe.
So were it reson forto schewe[656]
The peril, er we falle thrinne:
Betre is to leve, than beginne
Thing which as mai noght ben achieved;