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Amici mei & proximi mei aduersum me appropinquauerunt & steterunt.
My neighbors and thei that frendes were
Neyghden and a ȝeinst me stode;
In welth a man may wysdom lere,
Bot wele were hym that vnderstode.
[N]ow frendes flokken euery-where,
As fowlys doon aftir ther fode;
Bot, be a man dede and broght on bere,
Many be feynt and fewe be gode.
Neyghden and a ȝeinst me stode;
In welth a man may wysdom lere,
Bot wele were hym that vnderstode.
[N]ow frendes flokken euery-where,
As fowlys doon aftir ther fode;
Bot, be a man dede and broght on bere,
Many be feynt and fewe be gode.
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