| A treatyce of Moral philosophy containing the sayinges of the wise | |
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The summe of all
[Inordinate desire, of welth and auctoritie]
Inordinate desire, of welth and auctoritie,
is the very roote of all mischiefe and wickednes,
it subuerteth loue, credence, good name and honesty,
yea, and lost is that soule, that is rooted in couetousnes
Fortifie then thy soule, with the trade of godlines,
and couet not to spare, but right honestly spende,
for most wretched are niggardes vntill their liues ende.
| A treatyce of Moral philosophy containing the sayinges of the wise | |
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