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Ther hath no lord in his degre。〃
And thus upon the pointz diverse
Diverseliche he gan reherce
What point him thoghte for the beste;
Bot pleinly forto gete him reste   220
He can so siker weie caste。
And natheles yit ate laste
He fell upon the coveitise
Of gold; and thanne in sondri wise
He thoghte; as I have seid tofore;
Hou tresor mai be sone lore;
And hadde an inly gret desir
Touchende of such recoverir;
Hou that he mihte his cause availe
To gete him gold withoute faile。   230
Withinne his herte and thus he preiseth
The gold; and seith hou that it peiseth
Above al other metall most:
〃The gold;〃 he seith; 〃may lede an host
To make werre ayein a King;
The gold put under alle thing;
And set it whan him list above;
The gold can make of hate love
And werre of pes and ryht of wrong;
And long to schort and schort to long;   240
Withoute gold mai be no feste;
Gold is the lord of man and beste;
And mai hem bothe beie and selle;
So that a man mai sothly telle
That al the world to gold obeieth。〃
Forthi this king to Bachus preieth
To grante him gold; bot he excedeth
Mesure more than him nedeth。
Men tellen that the maladie
Which cleped is ydropesie    250
Resembled is unto this vice
Be weie of kinde of Avarice:
The more ydropesie drinketh;
The more him thursteth; for him thinketh
That he mai nevere drinke his fille;
So that ther mai nothing fulfille
The lustes of his appetit:
And riht in such a maner plit
Stant Avarice and evere stod;
The more he hath of worldes good;  260
The more he wolde it kepe streyte;
And evere mor and mor coveite。
And riht in such condicioun
Withoute good discrecioun
This king with avarice is smite;
That al the world it myhte wite:
For he to Bachus thanne preide;
That wherupon his hond he leide;
It scholde thurgh his touche anon
Become gold; and therupon    270
This god him granteth as he bad。
Tho was this king of Frige glad;
And forto put it in assai
With al the haste that he mai;
He toucheth that; he toucheth this;
And in his hond al gold it is;
The Ston; the Tree; the Lef; the gras;
The flour; the fruit; al gold it was。
Thus toucheth he; whil he mai laste
To go; bot hunger ate laste  280
Him tok; so that he moste nede
Be weie of kinde his hunger fede。
The cloth was leid; the bord was set;
And al was forth tofore him fet;
His disch; his coppe; his drinke; his mete;
Bot whanne he wolde or drinke or ete;
Anon as it his mouth cam nyh;
It was al gold; and thanne he syh
Of Avarice the folie。
And he with that began to crie;    290
And preide Bachus to foryive
His gilt; and soffre him forto live
And be such as he was tofore;
So that he were not forlore。
This god; which herde of his grevance;
Tok rowthe upon his repentance;
And bad him go forth redily
Unto a flod was faste by;
Which Paceole thanne hyhte;
In which as clene as evere he myhte   300
He scholde him waisshen overal;
And seide him thanne that he schal
Recovere his ferste astat ayein。
This king; riht as he herde sein;
Into the flod goth fro the lond;
And wissh him bothe fot and hond;
And so forth al the remenant;
As him was set in covenant:
And thanne he syh merveilles strange;
The flod his colour gan to change;    310
The gravel with the smale Stones
To gold thei torne bothe at ones;
And he was quit of that he hadde;
And thus fortune his chance ladde。
And whan he sih his touche aweie;
He goth him hom the rihte weie
And liveth forth as he dede er;
And putte al Avarice afer;
And the richesse of gold despiseth;
And seith that mete and cloth sufficeth。    320
Thus hath this king experience
Hou foles don the reverence
To gold; which of his oghne kinde
Is lasse worth than is the rinde
To sustienance of mannes fode;
And thanne he made lawes goode
And al his thing sette upon skile:
He bad his poeple forto tile
Here lond; and live under the lawe;
And that thei scholde also forthdrawe    330
Bestaile; and seche non encress
Of gold; which is the breche of pes。
For this a man mai finde write;
Tofor the time; er gold was smite
In Coign; that men the florin knewe;
Ther was welnyh noman untrewe;
Tho was ther nouther schield ne spere
Ne dedly wepne forto bere;
Tho was the toun withoute wal;
Which nou is closed overal;  340
Tho was ther no brocage in londe;
Which nou takth every cause on honde:
So mai men knowe; hou the florin
Was moder ferst of malengin
And bringere inne of alle werre;
Wherof this world stant out of herre
Thurgh the conseil of Avarice;
Which of his oghne propre vice
Is as the helle wonderfull;
For it mai neveremor be full;   350
That what as evere comth therinne;
Awey ne may it nevere winne。
Bot Sone myn; do thou noght so;
Let al such Avarice go;
And tak thi part of that thou hast:
I bidde noght that thou do wast;
Bot hold largesce in his mesure;
And if thou se a creature;
Which thurgh poverte is falle in nede;
Yif him som good; for this I rede  360
To him that wol noght yiven here;
What peine he schal have elleswhere。
Ther is a peine amonges alle
Benethe in helle; which men calle
The wofull peine of Tantaly;
Of which I schal thee redely
Devise hou men therinne stonde。
In helle; thou schalt understonde;
Ther is a flod of thilke office;
Which serveth al for Avarice:   370
What man that stonde schal therinne;
He stant up evene unto the chinne;
Above his hed also ther hongeth
A fruyt; which to that peine longeth;
And that fruit toucheth evere in on
His overlippe: and therupon
Swich thurst and hunger him assaileth;
That nevere his appetit ne faileth。
Bot whanne he wolde his hunger fede;
The fruit withdrawth him ate nede;    380
And thogh he heve his hed on hyh;
The fruit is evere aliche nyh;
So is the hunger wel the more:
And also; thogh him thurste sore
And to the water bowe a doun;
The flod in such condicioun
Avaleth; that his drinke areche
He mai noght。 Lo nou; which a wreche;
That mete and drinke is him so couth;
And yit ther comth non in his mouth!  390
Lich to the peines of this flod
Stant Avarice in worldes good:
He hath ynowh and yit him nedeth;
For his skarsnesse it him forbiedeth;
And evere his hunger after more
Travaileth him aliche sore;
So is he peined overal。
Forthi thi goodes forth withal;
Mi Sone; loke thou despende;
Wherof thou myht thiself amende    400
Bothe hier and ek in other place。
And also if thou wolt pourchace
To be beloved; thou most use
Largesce; for if thou refuse
To yive for thi loves sake;
It is no reson that thou take
Of love that thou woldest crave。
Forthi; if thou wolt grace have;
Be gracious and do largesse;
Of Avarice and the seknesse  410
Eschuie above alle other thing;
And tak ensample of Mide king
And of the flod of helle also;
Where is ynowh of alle wo。
And thogh ther were no matiere
Bot only that we finden hiere;
Men oghten Avarice eschuie;
For what man thilke vice suie;
He get himself bot litel reste。
For hou so that the body reste;    420
The herte upon the gold travaileth;
Whom many a nyhtes drede assaileth;
For thogh he ligge abedde naked;
His herte is everemore awaked;
And dremeth; as he lith to slepe;
How besi that he is to kepe
His tresor; that no thief it stele。
Thus hath he bot a woful wele。
And riht so in the same wise;
If thou thiself wolt wel avise;    430
Ther be lovers of suche ynowe;
That wole unto no reson bowe。
If so be that thei come above;
Whan thei ben maistres of here love;
And that thei scholden be most glad;
With love thei ben most bestad;
So fain thei wolde it holden al。
Here herte; here yhe is overal;
And wenen every man be thief;
To stele awey that hem is lief;    440
Thus thurgh here oghne fantasie
Thei fallen into Jelousie。
Thanne hath the Schip tobroke his cable;
With every wynd and is muable。
Mi fader; for that ye nou telle;
I have herd ofte time telle
Of Jelousie; bot what it is
Yit understod I nevere er this:
Wherfore I wolde you beseche;
That ye me wolde enforme and teche    450
What maner thing it mihte be。
Mi Sone; that is hard to me:
Bot natheles; as I have herd;
Now herkne and thou schalt ben ansuerd。
Among the men lacke of manhode
In Mariage upon wifhode
Makth that a man himself deceiveth;
Wherof it is that he conceiveth
That ilke unsely maladie;
The which is cleped Jelousie:   460
Of which if I the proprete
Schal telle after the nycete;
So as it worcheth on a man;
A Fievere it is cotidian;
Which every day wol come aboute;
Wher so a man be inne or oute。
At hom if that a man wol wone;
This Fievere is thanne of comun wone
Most grevous in a mannes yhe:
For thanne he makth him tote and pryhe;  470
Wher so as evere his love go;
Sche schal noght with hir litel too
Misteppe; bot he se it al。
His yhe is walkende overal;
Wher that sche singe or that sche dance;
He seth the leste contienance;
If sche loke on a man aside
Or with him roune at eny tyde;
Or that sche lawghe; or that sche loure;
His yhe is ther at every houre。    480
And whanne it draweth to the nyht;
If sche thanne is withoute lyht;
Anon is al the game schent;
For thanne he set his parlement
To speke it whan he comth to bedde;
And seith; 〃If I were now to wedde;
I wolde neveremore have wif。〃
And so he torneth into strif
The lust of loves duete;
And al upon diversete。    490
If sche be freissh and wel araied;
He seith hir baner is displaied
To clepe in gestes fro the weie:
And if sche be noght wel beseie;
And that hir list noght to be gladd;
He berth an hond that sche is madd
And loveth noght hire housebonde;
He seith he mai wel understonde;
That if sche wolde his compaignie;
Sche scholde thanne afore his ije  500
Schewe al the plesir that sche mihte。
So that be daie ne be nyhte
Sche not what thing is for the beste;
Bot liveth out of alle reste;
For what as evere him liste sein;
Sche dar noght speke a word ayein;
Bot wepth and holt hire lippes clos。
Sche mai wel wryte; 〃Sanz repos;〃
The wif which is to such on maried。
Of alle wommen be he waried;    510
For with this Fievere of Jalousie
His echedaies fantasie
Of sorghe is evere aliche grene;
So that ther is no love sene;
Whil that him list at hom abyde。
And whan so is he wol out ryde;
Thanne hath he redi his aspie
Abidinge in hir compaignie;
A janglere; an evel mouthed oon;
That sche ne mai nowhider g

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