Oure dedes ben of o colour And in effect of o decerte, Bot thi richesse and my poverte Tho ben noght taken evene liche.
He seith, "Ma Dame, be your leve 740 Mi name is hote Appolinus, And of mi richesse it is thus, Upon the See I have it lore.
And natheles he that is riche This dai, tomorwe he mai be povere; And in contraire also recovere 2400 A povere man to gret richesse Men sen: forthi let rihtwisnesse Be peised evene in the balance.
And thogh it be noght resonable, This thing a man mai sen alday, Wherof that I thee telle may A fair ensample in remembrance, Hou every man mot take his chance 2260 Or of richesse or of poverte.
The ground, Mi Sone, forto seche Upon this diffinicion, The worldes constitucion Hath set the name of gentilesse Upon the fortune of richesse Which of long time is falle in age.
Thus spak this begger his entente, And povere he cam and povere he wente; Of that he hath richesse soght, His infortune it wolde noght.
And if I profit axe wolde, I not in what manere I scholde Of worldes good have sikernesse; For every thief upon richesse Awaiteth forto robbe and stele: Such good is cause of harmes fele.
For I love in so plein a wise, That forto speke of coveitise, As for poverte or for richesse Mi love is nouther mor ne lesse.
In meane while let vs reioyce, and thincke the goods, and richesse shee hath gotten of vs, wil not cause hir Bagges mutch to Strout and Swel.
Of rentes nor of richesse Ne rekketh he nevere; For a frend that fyndeth hym, Failed hym nevere at neede.
For ther that richesse regneth, Reverence folweth; And that is plesaunt to pride, 9330 In poore and in riche.
But alle freres eten nought Y-liche good mete, But after that his wynnyng is Is his wel-fare, And after that he bringeth hom His bed shal ben graythed, 1460 And after that his richesse is raught He shal ben redy served.
And pride in richesse regneth Rather than in poverte; {287} Arst in the master than in the man Som mansion he haveth.
And the riche is reverenced By reson of his richesse, Ther the poore is put bihynde, And peraventure kan moore Of wit and of wisdom, That fer awey is bettre Than richesse or reautee, And rather y-herd in hevene.
That chaffaren as chapmen, And chiden bote thei wynne, And haven the worlde at here wil Other wyse to lyve; Right as weodes wexen In wose and in dunge, So of rychesse upon richesse Arist al vices.
Ac withrichesse that ribaud He rathest men bigileth.
Faire places, and drede, That rote is robbers The richesse withynne.
Ac if ye riche have ruthe, And rewarde wel the poore, 9210 And lyven as lawe techeth, And doon leaute to hem alle, Crist of his curteisie Shal conforte yow at the laste, And rewarden alle double richesse That rewful hertes habbeth.
Wheither paciente poverte," quod Haukyn, "Be moore plesaunt to our Drighte Than richesse rightfulliche wonne, And resonably despended?
And thus found I sitting this goddesse In noble honour and richesse Of which I stinte a while now Other thing to tellen you.
Then saw I stande on thother side Streight downe to the doores wide, From the deis many a pillere Of metall, that shone not full clere, But though ther were of no richesse Yet were they made for great noblesse.
He quotes from an old fabliau: Ceste richesse nus abonde, Nos l'avons de par Dame Abonde.
Sweete mistresse where as I loue you nothing at all, Regarding your substance and richesse chiefe of all, For your personage, beautie, demeanour and wit, I commende me vnto you neuer a whit.
Nat only that this world hadde him in awe For lesinge ofrichesse or libertee, 3750 But he made every man reneye his lawe.
We live in povert and in abstinence, And burel folk in richesse and despence Of mete and drinke, and in hir foul delyt.
He seith also: that "the richesse that hastily cometh to a man, sone and lightly gooth and passeth fro a man; / but that richesse that cometh litel and litel wexeth alwey and multiplyeth.
First, ye shul have god in your herte; / and for no richesse ye shullen do nothing, which may in any manere displese god, that is your creatour and maker.
St. Chamans, Nouvel Essai sur la Richesse des Nations, 1824, is an exaggerated caricature of the theory of consumption.
Perin, De la Richesse dans les Societes Chretiennes, at the end of the first volume, to reconcile the opposing views.
Thou art so full of wrath and envy In thee can grow no grace; But if thou wilt forsake sensuality, And be governed by reason, as I shall induce thee, Thou shalt come to richesse within short space.
Here was one late this same day That dispraised richesse worldly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "richesse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
