No More Learning

t[e] ben_--myhte be
1957 _rychesse_--Rychesses]


QUAMUIS FLUENTER DIUES.

[Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}. ]]

[Sidenote: The rich man, had he a river of gold, would never rest
content. ]

++Al were it so ? at a ryche couetous man hadde riuer 1960
fletynge alle of golde ? itte sholde it neuer staunche
hys couetise.

[Sidenote: Though his neck be loaded with precious pearls, and his
fields be covered with innumerable herds, yet shall unquiet care
never forsake him; and at his death his riches shall not bear him
company. ]

? And ? ou? he hadde his nekke I-charged
wi? p{re}ciouse stones of ? e rede see. {and} ? ou?
he do
erye his feldes plentiuo{us} wi? an hundre? oxen neuere 1964
ne shal his bytyng bysynesse forleten hym while he
lyue? . ne ? e ly? t[e] rychesses ne shal nat beren hym [[pg 72]]
compaignie whanne he is dede.

[Linenotes:
1960 _riuer_--a Ryu{er}
1961 _alle_--al
_golde_--gold
_? itte_--yit
_staunche_--stau{n}chyn
1962, 1963 _? ou? _--thow
1964 _erye_--Ere
_hundre? _--hundred
1965 _while_--whyl
1966 _ly? t[e]_--lyhte
_shal_--shol
1967 _dede_--ded]


[Headnote:
OF DIGNITIES. ]

SET DIGNITATIB{US}. [4]

[Footnote 4: Read _dignitates_. ]

[Sidenote: [The 4^the p{ro}se.