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5629 Withoute nede of ony man.
5630 So myche in litel have he can,
5631 He is apaied with his fortune;
5632 And for he nyl be importune
5633 Unto no witte, ne honerous,
5634 Nor of her goodes coveitous;
5635 Therfore he spareth, it may wel bene,
5636 His pore estate forto sustene.
5637 'Or if hym lust not forto spare,
5638 But suffrith forth, as not ne ware,
5639 Atte last it hapneth, as it may,
5640 Right unto his last day,
5641 And take the world as it wolde be;
5642 ffor evere in herte thenkith he,
5643 The sonner that deth hym slo,
5644 To paradys the sonner go
5645 He shal, there forto lyve in blisse,
5646 Where that he shal no good misse.
5647 Thider he hopith god shal hym sende
5648 Aftir his wrecchid lyves ende.
5649 Pictigoras hym silf reherses,
5650 In a book that the golden verses
5651 Is clepid, for the nobilite
5652 Of the honourable ditee:
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