XV. THREE SAYINGS.
(A). A SAYING OF DAN JOHN.
Ther beth four thinges that maketh a man a fool,
Hónour first putteth him in outrage,
And alder-next solitarie and sool;
The second is unweldy croked age;
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Women also bring men in dotage;
And mighty wyne, in many dyvers wyse,
Distempreth folk which [that] ben holden wyse.