The Tale of Melibeus Folio 343r 33 of 46 folios
re of felawys
Fare weel freendschepe
been a loone / with outyn ony c
the c
lis moore ouyr That they that been / boonde
le / of linage schuln been made worthy
the richesses
manye goodys ; ryȝt so by pouerte / comyn theere
manye harmys /
streynyth a man to doon manye euellis /
fore clepith Cassiodere / pouerte the moodyr of rui
ne /
or of fallynge doun /
fonce O
is
ned / bi pouerte / to ete te almesse / of hise enemy /
the same seyth Innocent in oon ofhise bookis / he seith
that sorweful
beggere /
hungir /
gatis necescitee constreynyth hym to axe /
fore seith Salomon / betere is it to deye th
haue swich pouerte /
Betere it is to deye of bittere deth ; th
in swich wyse /
vn to ȝow /
de seye /
hem that h
vsyn the rychessis /
how ȝe schul haue ȝow in rychessis /
maneere ȝe schul vse hem /
w outyn greet desyr / bi good leyseer / sokyngely
but nat ou
rynge / to geete rychessis / abandonyth hym fyrst
to thefte
seyth Salomon he that hastyth h
wexen ryche / he schal been noon innocent /
seyth also that the rychesse / that hastily comyth to a
man ; soone