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LATIN-ENGLISH PROVERBS

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Text from MS. Cotton Faustina A.x (F); variants from Royal MS. 2B. v (R)

Ardor frigesscit, nitor squalescit,
amor abolescit, lux obtenebrescit.
Hat acolað, hwit asolað,
leof alaðaþ, leoht aðystrað.
Senescunt omnia que ȩterna non sunt.
Æghwæt forealdað þæs þe ece ne byð.
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