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