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613 For the lawe saith ther maketh noman hym self ryche yf | |||
he do harme to another wight / 614 this is to saye that nature | |||
defendeth and forbedeth by right that no man make hym | |||
ryche vnto the harme of an other persone . 615 And Tullius | |||
saith that no sorowe ne drede of deth ne of thing that may | |||
befalle vnto man 616 is so moche agayn nature as a man to | |||
encrecen his owen prouffit to the harm of an other man .617 and | |||
though that grete & myghty men gete riches more lightly | |||
than thou / 618 yet shalt thou not be ydle But shewe to do thy | |||
prouffyt / For thou shalt in alle wise fle ydlenes 619 For sala | |||
mon saith That he that trauaylleth in ydlenes techeth a | |||
man to do many euyllys 620 And the same Salamon saith | |||
He that traueillethand besieth hym to tyle his londe shal | |||
ete brede . 621 And he that is ydle & casteth hym to no besynes | |||
ne ocupation shal falle in to pouerte and dye for hunger . | |||
622 And he that is ydle and slowe can neuer fynde couenable | |||
tyme for to do his prouffyt 623 For ther is a versifyer saith . | |||
That the ydle man excuseth hym in wynter be cause of the | |||
grete colde and in somer by encheson of hete / 624 For these cau | |||
ses saith Cathon waketh and enclineth yow . not ouer my | |||
kyll to slepe / For ouermoche reste norissheth and causeth | |||
many vices . 625 And therfore saith saynt Ierome / doth som | |||
good dedes that the deuyll whiche that is your enemye fynde | |||
you not vnocupyed . 626 For the deuyll taketh not lightly to | |||
his worching suche as he fyndeth ocupied in good werke | |||
627 Than thus in getyng of ryches ye muste fle ydlenes . 628 and | |||
afterward ye shall vsen the ryches whiche ye haue goten | |||
by your witte and by your trauayll 629 in suche maner that | |||
men holde yow not to scarse ne to sparyng ne to fole large | |||