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41 THE HAPPY LIFE
Marshall, the thinges for to attayneThe happy life be thes, I fynde:
The riches left, not got with payne;
The frutfull grownd; the quyet mynde;
The equall freend; no grudge, nor stryf;
No charge of rule nor governance;
Without disease, the helthfull life;
The howshold of contynvance:
The meane dyet, no delicate fare;
Wisdom ioyned with simplicitye;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wyne may beare no soveranty;
The chast wife, wyse, without debate;
Suche sleapes as may begyle the night;
Contented with thyne owne estate,
Neyther wisshe death, nor fear his might.
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