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< 286r Cx1: Folio 286v; The Tale of Melibee 630-650 287r > Go to Cx2
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 that is to saye ouer large a spendar . 630 For ryght as men  
 blame an auerycyous man be cause of his scarsenes and  
 chyncherye / 631 in the same wyse is he to blame that spendeth  
 ouer largely . 632 And therfore Caton saith vse thy riches  
 that thou hast goten 633 in suche maner as men haue no ma-  
 tere ne cause to saye ne calle the neyther wrecche ne chynche  
 634 For it is a grete shame to a man to haue a poure herte and  
 a riche purs 635 He sayth also the goodes that thou hast goten  
 vse hem be mesure that is to saye spende them mesurably .  
 636 For they that folily spenden and wasten the goodes that  
 they haue / 637 whan they haue nomore propre of theyr owen / they  
 shapen hem to take the goodes of other men . 638 I saye than  
 that ye shal flee auaryce 639 vsyng your riches in suche ma-  
 nere that men saye not that your ryches is deuoured / 640 but  
 that ye haue hem in your myght and in your weldyng .  
 641 For the wise man repreuyth the auarycious man and saith  
 thus in two versis 642 Wherto and why buryeth a man his  
 owen goodes be his grete auaryce and knoweth wel that  
 nedes muste he dye . 643 For deth is the ende of euery man as  
 in thys present lyf . 644 And for what cause and encheson  
 Ioyneth or knytteth he hym so faste to hys goodes / 645 that  
 alle his wyttes mowe not dysseuere ne departe hym from  
 his goodis . 646 And knoweth wel or ought to knowe that  
 whan he is dede / he shal nothyng bere wyth hym out of  
 this world . 647 And therfore sayth seynt Augustyn . that  
 the auerycyous man is lykenyd vnto helle / 648 that the more  
 hit swaloweth the more it desireth to swolowe and to de-  
 uoure / 649 And as well as ye wold eschewe to be called an  
 auaricyous man or a chynche / 650 as well shold ye kepe you  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 630
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2790
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1600

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 631
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2791
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1601

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 632
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2792
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1602

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 633
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2793
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1603

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 634
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2794
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1604

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 635
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2795
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1605

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 636
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2796
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1606

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 637
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2797
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1607

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 638
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2798
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1608

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 639
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2799
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1609

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 640
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2800
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1610

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 641
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2801
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1611

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 642
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2802
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1612

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 643
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2803
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1613

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 644
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2804
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1614

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 645
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2805
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1615

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 646
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2806
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1616

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 647
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2807
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1617

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 648
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2808
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1618

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 649
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2809
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1619

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 650
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2810
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1620