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The Complete Works of John Gower

Edited from the manuscripts with introductions, notes and glossaries by G. C. Macaulay
Gower, John (1325?-1408)
  
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viii.

Absit Auaricia, ne tangat regia corda,
Eius enim spoliis excoriatur humus.
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Fama colit largum volitans per secula Regem,
Dona tamen licitis sunt moderanda modis.
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