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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: I wol the tell aboven alle, In whom no vertu may befalje, Whiche yiveth unto the vices reft And is of flouthe the flowed. Abfque labore vagus vir inutilis ocia plefiens Nefeio quid prefens vita valebit el, Non amor in tali mifero viget, immo valoris ui faciunt opera clamat habere fuas. Hie loquitur con- Among thefe other of flouthes kinde, Whiche alle labour fet behinde, And hateth alle befmefle, tumcuituranuiiiu, There is yet one, whiche idelnefle occupacionis ilili- J genciam admit- js cleped, and is the norice tens, cumfcumque ' cau- In mannes kinde of every vice, fe non attingit., ., .. . . - / i Which lecheth eles many folde. In winter doth he nought for colde, In fomer may he nought for hete, So wether that he frefe or fwete, Or be he in, or be he oute, He woll ben idel all aboute. But if he pleie ought at dees, For who as ever take fees And thenketh worfhip to deferve, There is no lord whome he woll ferve As for to dwelle in his fervice. But if it were in fuche a wife, Of that he feeth par aventure, That by lordfhip and by coverture He may the more ftonde ftille And ufe his idelnefle at wille, For he ne woll no travail take To ride for his ladies fake, But liveth all upon his wisfhes, And as a cat wold etc fisfhes Withoute weting of his clees, So wolde he do, but netheles He faileth ofte of that he wolde. My fone, if thou of fuche a molde Art made, now tell me plein thy mrift. Nay fader, god I yive a yift, Amans. That toward love, as by wit All idel was I never yit, Ne never (hall, while I may go. Now fone, telle me than fo, Confeflbr. What haft thou done of befifhip To love and to the ladyfhip Of her, which thy lady is ? My fader, ever yet er this Confeflio In every place, in every ftede, What fo my lady ha...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217916820 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217916821 |
| Weight | 1.14 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.78 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 350 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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