the possession of such goodes, and they ginne vanissh, than
entreth sorowe and tene in their hertes. O! badde and strayte
ben thilke, that at their departinge maketh men teneful and sory,
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and in the †gadering of hem make men nedy! Moche folk at
ones mowen not togider moche therof have. A good gest gladdeth
his hoste and al his meyny; but he is a badde gest that maketh
his hoste nedy and to be aferd of his gestes going.'
'Certes,' quod I, 'me wondreth therfore that the comune
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