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CXXVI.
[1]
Bot lauerd haue bigged þe hous yhite,Vnnait swanke þai þat biggen ite;
2
Bot lauerd yheme þe cite ai,Þat yhemen ite vnnaite wake þai.
3
Vnnait es to you bi nighteForto rise bifore þe lighte:
Rises after ye haue siten swa,
Þat eten brede ofe sorw and wa.
4
When he has giuen þat es beste,Slepe vnto luued hisse and reste,
Loke eritage ofe lauerd ofe blisse
Sones hires, fruite ofe wambe isse.
5
Als arwes in hand ofe mightand,Swa sones ofe forschaken in land.
6
Seli bieren es whilke þat swaFilled has his gerninge ful ofe þa:
He ne sal be schent, ereli ne late,
When he spekes with his faas in yhate.
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