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or ellys on ? e werkeman ? at
wrou? t[e] hem.

[Sidenote: Doth a great retinue make thee happy? ]

[Sidenote: [* fol. 12 _b_. ]]

but al so a longe route of meyne. maki?
? at a blisful *man.

[Sidenote: If thy servants be vicious, they are a great burden to
the house, and pernicious enemies to the master of it. ]

? e whiche seruauntes yif ? ei ben 1244
vicio?
s of condic{i}ou{n}s it is a greet charge {and} a
destrucc{i}ou{n} to ? e house. {and} a g{r}eet enmye to ? e lorde
hym self

[Sidenote: If they be good, why should the probity of others be
put to thy account? ]

? {And} yif ? ei ben goode men how shal
straung[e] or foreyne goodenes ben put in ? e nou{m}bre 1248
of ? i rycchesse.

[Sidenote: Upon the whole, then, none of those enjoyments which
thou didst consider as thy own did ever properly belong to thee. ]

so ? {a}t by alle ? ise forseide ? inges. it is
clerly shewed ? at neuer none of ?