No More Learning

nat but ? at he may leesen it.

[Linenotes:
1098 _a? einewarde al_--ayeinward alle
1099 _it_--hyt
1101 _whan_--what
_ha? _--MS. ha? e
_lorn_--MS. lorne, C. lost
1102 _yspranid_--spraynyd
_bitternesses_--beternesses
1104 _hym_--hem
_it_--hyt
_be_--ben
1105 _go? _--MS. ge? e
_wol_--woole
_sen_--MS. sene
1107 _dwelli? _--dureth
1109 _folkes_--folk{e}
1110 _oute_--owt
1112 _shortly_--shortely
1114 _wilt_--MS. wilte, C.
wolt
_if_--yif
1117 _by-nyme_--be-neme
1118 _blisfulnesse [ne]_--blyssefulnesse ne
1120 _to gidir_--to gidere
1121, 1122 _souereyne goode_--sou{er}eyn good
1125 _wele_--wel
1126 _receyue_--resseyuen
1129 [_it_]--from C.
_it_--hyt
1130 _be_--ben
1131 _blyndenesse_--blyndnesse]

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[Headnote:
RICHES DO NOT CONSTITUTE HAPPINESS. ]

[Sidenote: If he knows it is fleeting he must be afraid of losing
it, and this fear will not suffer him to be happy. ]

? As whoo sei? he mot ben alwey agast lest he
leese ? at he wot wel he may leese. ? For whiche ? e
continuel drede ? at he ha? ne suffri? hym nat to ben 1136
weleful. ? Or ellys yif he leese it he wene to be
dispised {and} forleten hit. ?