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[1]The title of the eiyte and fourtithe salm. To victorie, a salm to the sones of Chore. |
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[2]Alle ye folkis, here these thingis; alle ye that dwellen in the world, perseyue with eeris. |
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[3]Alle the sones of erthe and the sones of men; togidere the riche man and the pore in to oon. |
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[4]Mi mouth schal speke wisdom; and the thenkyng of myn herte schal speke prudence. |
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[5]I schal bouwe doun myn eere in to a parable; Y schal opene my resoun set forth in a sautree. |
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[6]Whi schal Y drede in the yuel dai? the wickidnesse of myn heele schal cumpasse me. |
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[7]Whiche tristen in her owne vertu; and han glorie in the multitude of her richessis. |
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[8]A brother ayenbieth not, schal a man ayenbie? and he schal not yyue to God his plesyng. |
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[9]And he schal not yyue the prijs of raunsum of his soule; and he schal trauele with outen ende, |
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[10]and he schal lyue yit in to the ende. |
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[11]He schal not se perischyng, whanne he schal se wise men diynge; the vnwise man and fool schulen perische togidere. And thei schulen leeue her richessis to aliens; |
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[12]and the sepulcris of hem ben the housis of hem with outen ende. The tabernaclis of hem ben in generacioun and generacioun; thei clepiden her names in her londis. |
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[13]A man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not; he is comparisound to vnwise beestis, and he is maad lijk to tho. |
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[14]This weie of hem is sclaundir to hem; and aftirward thei schulen plese togidere in her mouth. |