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How to get frendship.
Giue much, but little aske againe,take heede thou nothyng take:
If muche thou giue, and little aske,
if guiftes thou doe forsake
Among the common people thou,
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And thicke and threefold frends will flocke,
with thee to byde and dwell.
But if thou nothyng giue at all,
then frends will from thee flie:
If much thou aske, then shalt thou be
repulsed by and by.
If much thou take, then couetous
and carle they will thee call:
Take naught, aske little, part from much,
and frends haue sure ye shall.
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