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it.

[Sidenote: Am I deceived in this? You will say no; for riches have
often hurt their possessors. ]

? Gabbe I of ? is. ? ou wolt seye nay. 1308
? Certys rycchesse han anoyed ful ofte hem ? at han ? e
rycchesse.

[Sidenote: Every wicked man desires another's wealth, and esteems
him alone happy who is in possession of riches. ]

? Syn ?
at euery wicked shrew {and} for
hys wickednesse ? e more gredy aftir o? er folkes rycchesse
wher so euer it be in any place. be it golde or 1312
p{re}cious stones. [[pg 50]]

[Sidenote: [* fol. 13. ]]

{and} weni? hym *only most wor? i ? at
ha? hem

[Sidenote: You, therefore, who now so much dread the instruments
of assassination, if you had been born a poor wayfaring man,
might, with an empty purse, have sung in the face of robbers. ]

? ? ou ? an ? at so besy dredest now ?