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 and gouerne yow in suche wise that men clepe yow not fole  
 large . 651 Therfore saith Tullius / The goodes of thyn hous  
 ne shold not be hid ne kept so cloos but that they myght  
 be opend be pyte and be debonairte / 652 that is to saye to yeue  
 hem parte that haue grete nede . 653 Ne thy goodes shold not be  
 so open to be euery mannes goodes / 654 Afterward in getyng  
 of your richesse and vsyng hem ye shall alway haue thre  
 thinges in your herte . 655 That is to saye our lord god . good  
 cōscience . and good name . 656 First ye shal haue god in your  
 herte . 657 and for no riches ye shal do no thing whiche may in  
 ony maner wise displese god that is our creatour & maker  
 658 After the worde of salamon / hit is better to haue a litil good  
 with the loue of god 659 than for to haue moche gold & tresour  
 and to lese the loue of his lord god . 660 And the prophete  
 saith that better it is to be a good man & haue litil good  
 and tresour / 661 than to beholden a shrewe & haue grete richesse  
 662 And yet saye I furthermore that ye shal alway do youre  
 besynes to gete you riches 663 so that ye gete hem with good  
 conscience . 664 And the appostle saith that ther nys no thing  
 in this world of whiche we shal haue so grete Ioye as whan  
 our conscience berith vs good witnes 665 And the wise man  
 saith that the substance of a man is ful good whan synne  
 is not in mannes conscience . 666 Afterward in getyng of  
 your rychesse and in vsyng of them 667 ye muste haue grete  
 besynes and diligence that your good name be alway kept  
 and conserued . 668 For Salamon saith That better is and  
 more it a vaylleth a man for to haue a good name than for  
 to haue many riches . 669 And therfore he saith in an other  
 place / do grete diligence in kepyng of thy frende and in  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 651
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2811
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1621

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 652
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2812
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1622

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 653
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2813
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1623

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 654
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2814
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1624

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 655
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2815
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1625

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 656
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2816
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1626

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 657
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2817
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1627

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 658
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2818
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1628

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 659
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2819
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1629

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 660
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2820
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1630

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 661
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2821
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1631

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 662
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2822
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1632

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 663
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2823
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1633

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 664
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2824
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1634

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 665
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2825
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1635

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 666
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2826
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1636

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 667
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2827
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1637

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 668
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2828
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1638

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: TM, 669
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 2829
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 1639