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He that takith awei merci fro his frend, forsakith the drede of the Lord.

Knyythod is lijf of man on erthe, and his daies ben as the daies of an hired man.

As an hert desireth schadowe, and as an hirede man abideth the ende of his werk;

nether schal turne ayen more in to his hows, and his place schal no more knowe hym.

His cowardise schal not plese hym, and his trist schal be as a web of yreyns.

He schal leene, `ether reste, on his hows, and it schal not stonde; he schal vndursette it, and it schal not rise togidere.

If a man drawith it out of `his place, his place schal denye it, and schal seie, Y knowe thee not.

For this is the gladnesse of his weie, that eft othere ruschis springe out of the erthe.

Which bar hillis fro o place to anothir, and thei wisten not; whiche he distriede in his strong veniaunce.

Which stirith the erthe fro his place, and the pilers therof schulen `be schakun togidere.

If he cometh to me, `that is, bi his grace, Y schal not se hym; if he goith awey, `that is, in withdrawynge his grace, Y schal not vndurstonde.

`Noon is, that may repreue euer eithir, and sette his hond in bothe.

Do he awei his yerde fro me, and his drede make not me aferd.

to schewe to thee the priuetees of wisdom, and that his lawe is manyfold, and thou schuldist vndurstonde, that thou art requirid of hym to paie myche lesse thingis, than thi wickidnesse disserueth.

His mesure is lengere than erthe, and brodere than the see.

He that is scorned of his frend, as Y am, schal inwardli clepe God, and God schal here hym; for the symplenesse of a iust man is scorned.

Whether ye taken his face, and enforsen to deme for God?

He schal repreue you; for ye taken his face in hiddlis.

Anoon as he schal stire hym, he schal disturble you; and his drede schal falle on you.

Yhe, thouy God sleeth me, Y schal hope in hym; netheles Y schal preue my weies in his siyt.