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< 285v Cx1: Folio 286r; The Tale of Melibee 613-629 286v > Go to Cx2
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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  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 613
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2773
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1583

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 614
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2774
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1584

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 615
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2775
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1585

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 616
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2776
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1586

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 617
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2777
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1587

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 618
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2778
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1588

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 619
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2779
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1589

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 620
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2780
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1590

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 621
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2781
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1591

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 622
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2782
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1592

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 623
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2783
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1593

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 624
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2784
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1594

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 625
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2785
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1595

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 626
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2786
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1596

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 627
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2787
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1597

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 628
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2788
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1598

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 629
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2789
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1599