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160. The Rich Man's Farewell to the World

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Pembroke Coll. Camb. MS. 248

Worldys blys, haue good day!
No lengur habbe ych þe ne may,
Þe more for þe lasse y haue for-lore;
y-cursyd be þe tyme þat ych was bore!
y haue lore for-euer heuun blys,
and go now þeras euer sorow & car ys.