The Tale of Melibeus Folio 343v 34 of 46 folios
man ; soone a
that richesse that comyth lityl
ȝoure wit /
that with outyn wrong or harm doinge to ony othir
man hym ryche / ȝif he do harm to a nothyr with
dyth by ryght / that no man make h
vn to the harm of a nothyr /
seyth / that no sorwe ne no drede / of deth ne noth
that may falle vn to a man
ture ; as a man to encrese his owene
of a nothir man /
myȝty men / getyn richessis / moore lyȝthely than thow /
For thow schalt in alle wise / fleen ydilnesse /
mon seyth / that idilnesse techith a man to doon ma
nye euyllis /
that trauaylith /
etyn breed /
synesse / ne ocupacio
e for hungir /
d
a verseflour seyth / that the ydele man excuseth h
in w
of the greete heete /
kyth
For ouyrmeche slep causeth
dys / that the deuyl whiche is oure enemy / ne fyn
de ȝow nat vn ocupied /
tely vn to hise werkynge sweche as he fyndyth ocupi
ed in goode werkis /
the muste fleen Idilnesse /
the rychesses / whiche ȝe han get
by ȝoure trauayle /
ȝow nat to scars ne to sparynge / ne fool large / that
is to seyne ouyrlarge a spendere /