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[Sir Roger]Such is the way of life; the loverd's ente
Moveth the robber him therefor to sle;
If thou hast ease, the shadow of content,
Believe the truth, there's none more haile than thee.
Thou workest; well, can that a trouble be?
Sloth more would jade thee than the roughest day.
Could'st thou the kivercled of soulès see,
Thou wouldst eftsoons see truth in what I say.
But let me hear thy way of life, and then
Hear thou from me the lives of other men.
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