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And empte also grete and hevy purses, And make folk to purchace curses Of hem, that han her good therto i-lent. 0, fy ! for schame, thay that have be brent, Alias I can thay not fle the fu3rre8 hete ? Ye that it usen, I rede ye it lete. Lest ye lesen al ; for bet than never is late ; Never to thrive, were to long a date. 400 Though ye prolle ay, ye schul it never fynde ; Ye ben as bolde as is Bayard the blynde, That blundreth forth, and peril casteth noon ; He is as bold to renne agayn a stoon,... As for to go bysides in the wey ; So fare ye that multiplie, I sey. If that youre yghen can nought seen aright, Loke that youre mynde lakke nought his sight. For though ye loke never so brode and stare, Ye schul nought Wynne a mite on that chaffare. But wasten al that ye may rape and renne. 411 Withdrawe the fuyr, lest it to faste brenne ; Medleth no more with that art, I mene ; For yif ye doon, youre thrift is goon ful clone. And right as-swithe I wol yow telle heere What philosophres sein in this mateere.
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