This maner of folye was well knowen to the poet, whan he sayde: Incipit affari, mediaque in voce resistit.
An hermite of Padow,[201] that was reputed for an holy man, vnder the semblaunce of confession, entyced many of the notablest wyues of the towne vntofolye and lewednes.
By this ye may lerne, yt is greate folye for a mayster to putte a seruaunte to that besynes whereof he can nothynge skyll and wherin he hath not ben usyd.
Ye may by this tale lerne, that it is folye so to scoffe, that youre selfe therby shulde be laughed to scorne agayne.
For fals lovers mowe al folye Seyn, what hem lust, withouten drede, They be so double in hir falshede; 2540 For they in herte cunne thenke a thing And seyn another, in hir speking.
For she of my folye Hath nought to done, although she do me sterve; Hit is nat with hir wil that I hir serve!
He is a fool in sikernesse, 1935 That with daunger or stoutnesse Rebellith ther that he shulde plese; In such folye is litel ese.
Of whiche forseyde goodes, certes it is a ful greet folye a man to pryden him in any of hem alle.
It is a sinne and eek a greet folye To apeiren any man, or him diffame, And eek to bringen wyves in swich fame.
Eke if he tale vanitees at chirche or at goddes service, or that he be a talker ot ydel wordes of folye or of vileinye; for he shal yelden acountes of it at the day of dome.
Som man desyreth for to han richesse, 1255 That cause is of his mordre or greet siknesse.
But sith that he was fallen in the snare, He moste endure, as other folk, his care.
Used by Mr. Wright to fill up the large gap in Hl.
But sodeinly him fil a sorweful cas; For ever the latter ende of Ioye is wo.
Ne ther was Surrien noon that was converted 435 That of the conseil of the sowdan woot, That he nas al to-hewe er he asterted.
And therfore men seyn, that "the riche man hath seld good conseil but-if he have it of him-self.
How dorste ye seyn for shame unto your love, [274: T.
For by myn hidde sorwe y-blowe on brede 530 I shal bi-Iaped been a thousand tyme More than that fool of whos folye men ryme.
Thus mene I, that it were a gret folye To putte that sikernesse in Iupertye.
And of myne olde servaunts thou misseyest, +And hinderest hem with thy translacioun, 250 And lettest folk to han devocioun +To serven me, and haldest hit folye To troste on me.
Cest grand folye It is grete folye De donner le eternalite For to gyue the eternalite Pour le temporalite.
As to folye and myschief, the fyrst, seconde, and thyrde poynte, is vndiligente and corrupte educacion.
But I hear some men defendynge theyr folye thus, and saie that by thys pleasure whiche is taken of the wantõnes of infantes, the tediousnes of noursyng is recõpẽsed.
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