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ha? e
_? in_--thyne
1050 _cliue fast[e]_--cleuen faste
_wole suffre_--wolen suffren
1052 _fallen_--faylen
_fast[e] mot[en]_--faste moten
1053 _holden_--halden
1054 _fur? e_--forth
1055 _mayst_--mayste
_greet[e]_--grete
1058 _for? enke_--forthinke
1061 _best[e]_--beste
_suffre ? in_--suffren thi
1063 _o? er_--ther
1064 _perfit_--parfyt
1065 _or_--and
_some half a? eine_--som halue ayen
1067 _mans_--mannes
_come? al_--comth nat al
1068 _laste? _--last
_perpetuely_--p{er}petuel]

[Headnote:
HAPPINESS ARISES FROM CONTENTMENT. ]

[Sidenote: One man is very wealthy, but his birth is obscure. ]

? For som man ha? grete rycchesse. but he is asshamed
of hys vngentil lynage.
[Sidenote: Another is conspicuous for nobility of descent, but is
surrounded by indigence. ]

{and} som man is renomed
of noblesse of kynrede. but he is enclosed in so
grete angre for nede of ? inges. ? at hym were leuer ? at 1072
he were vnknowe.

[Sidenote: A third is blest with both advantages, but is
unmarried. ]

and som ma{n} habunde? bo? e i{n}
rychesse {and} noblesse. but ? it he bywaile? hys chast[e]
lijf. for he ha? no wijf.