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Of wele, as fer as reson can devyse.
Taketh hede of Tullius Hostilius,
That cam fro povertee to hy degree;
Through vertue redeth eek of Julius
The conquerour, how povre a man was he;
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Yet, through his vertue and humanitee,
Of many a countree had he governaunce.
Thus vertue bringeth unto greet degree