What man hath hors men yive him hors,
And who non hath of him no fors, 7720
For he mai thanne on fote go;
The world hath evere stonde so.
Bot forto loken of the tweie,
A man to go the siker weie,
Beacius est dare quam accipere.[690]
Betre is to yive than to take:
With yifte a man mai frendes make,
P. ii. 393