and than leve ye the knowing of your-selfe; so be ye viler than
any dombe beest; that cometh of shrewde vice. Right so thilke
persons that loven non yvel for dereworthinesse of the persone,
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but for straunge goodes, and saith, the adornement in the knot
lyth in such thing; his errour is perilous and shrewd, and he
wryeth moche venim with moche welth; and that knot may
nat be good whan he hath it getten.
Certes, thus hath riches with flickering sight anoyed many;
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