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so greet a noyse {and} wi? so greet a fare

[Sidenote: Is it to drive away indigence by abundance? ]

? I
trowe ? ou seke to dryue awey nede wi? habundaunce
of ? inges.

[Sidenote: But the very reverse of this happens, for there is need
of many helps to keep a variety of valuable goods. ]

? But certys it turne? to ? ow al in ? e 1264
contrarie. for whi certys it nedi? of ful many[e] helpynges
to kepen ?
e dyuersite of preciouse ostelment? .

[Sidenote: They want most things who have the most. ]

and so? e it is ? at of many[e] ? inges han ? ei nede ? at
many[e] ? inges han.

[Sidenote: They want the fewest who measure their abundance by the
necessities of nature, and not by the superfluity of their
desires. ]

{and} a? eyneward of litel nedi? 1268
hem ? at mesuren hir fille after ? e nede of kynde {and}
nat after ?