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< 285r Cx1: Folio 285v; The Tale of Melibee 594-612 286r > Go to Cx2
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 so by pouerte ther comen many harmes & euylles 594 And ther  
 fore clepeth cassiodre pouerte the moder of ruyne / 595 that is to  
 saye the moder of ouerthrowyng or of fallyng doun 596 And  
 therfore saith Peter alfons / one of the grettest aduersitees  
 of thys world is 597 whan a freman by kynde or of birthe is  
 constreyned be pouerte to ete the almesse of hys enemye .  
 598 And the same saith Innocence in one of his bookes that  
 sorowfull and myshappy is the condition of a poure beggar  
 599 For yf he axe not his mete / he dyeth for hunger . 600 And yf  
 he axe he dieth for shame / and algate necessite constreyneth  
 hym to axe . 601 And therfore saith Salamon That better it  
 is to dye than to haue suche pouerte . 602 And as the same sala  
 mon saith better it is to dye a bitter deth than to lyue suche  
 a lyf / 603 Be thyse resons that I haue said vnto you and by  
 many other that I coude say 604 I graunte that richesse ben good  
 to hem that gete hem well & to tho that vse well this richesse  
 605 And therfore wole I shewe yow / how ye shal behaue yow in  
 gadryng of your richesse / and in what maner ye shal vse  
 them 606 First ye shal gete hem withouten grete desyre / by good  
 leyzer sokyngly and not ouer hastely . 607 For a man that is  
 to desiring in getyng riches haboundeth hym first to thefte  
 and to alle other mysrewles 608 And therfore saith salamon  
 he that hasteth hym to besily to wexe ryche he shal be none  
 Innocent / 609 he saith also that the ryches that hastely cometh  
 to a man / soone and hastely goth and passeth from a man  
 610 But that riches that cometh lityll & a lityll wexeth alway  
 and multeplieth 611 And therfore ye shal gete riches by your  
 witte and by your trauayll vnto your prouffit / 612 and that  
 withouten ony wronge & harme doyng to ony other persone .  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 594
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2754
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1564

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 595
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2755
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1565

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 596
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2756
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1566

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 597
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2757
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1567

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 598
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2758
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1568

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 599
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2759
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1569

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 600
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2760
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1570

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 601
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2761
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1571

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 602
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2762
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1572

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 603
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2763
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1573

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 604
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2764
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1574

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 605
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2765
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1575

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 606
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2766
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1576

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 607
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2767
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1577

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 608
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2768
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1578

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 609
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2769
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1579

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 610
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2770
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1580

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 611
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2771
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1581

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 612
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2772
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1582