Thanne may nat richesses maken that a man nis nedy, ne that 40 he be suffisaunt to him-self; and that was it that they bi-highten, as it semeth.
And ther ben folk that entrechaungen 30 the causes and the endes of thise forseyde goodes, as they that desiren richesses to han power and delytes; or elles they desiren power for to han moneye, or for cause of renoun.
And thou,' quod she, 'in al the plentee of thyrichesses haddest thilke lakke of suffisaunse?
For sin that richesses ne may nat al don awey nede, but richesses maken nede, what may it thanne be, that ye wenen that richesses mowen yeven you suffisaunce?
Stryf or plete 5 with me, bifore what Iuge that thou wolt, of the possessioun of richesses or of dignitees.
Whan I say the fortunes and the richesses of the poeple of the provinces ben harmed or 50 amenused, outher by privee ravynes or by comune tributes or cariages, as sory was I as they that suffreden the harm.
And som man is wel and selily y-maried, but he hath no children, and norissheth his richesses to the eyres of strange folkes.
Agayns the firste vyce, he shal thinke, that oure lyf is in no sikernesse; and eek that alle the richesses in this world ben in aventure, and passen as a shadwe on the wal.
And Salomon seith: that "the gretterrichesses that a man hath, the mo despendours he hath.
And by richesses may a man gete him grete freendes.
For seint Iame seith in hise epistles: that "by concord and pees the smale richesses wexen grete, / and by debaat and discord the grete richesses fallen doun.
Thise been generally almesses or werkes of charitee of hem that han temporel richesses or discrecioun in conseilinge.
And right so as by richesses ther comen manye goodes, right so by poverte come ther manye harmes and yveles.
By thise resons that I have seid un-to yow, and by manye othere resons that I coude seye, / I graunte yow that richesses been goode to hem that geten hem wel, and to hem that wel usen tho richesses.
And though the grete men and the mighty men geten richesses more lightly than thou, / yet shaltou nat been ydel ne slow to do thy profit; for thou shalt in alle wyse flee ydelnesse.
Ye knowen also, that your richesses moten been dispended in diverse parties; /2560 and whan that every wight hath his part, they ne wollen taken but litel reward to venge thy deeth.
But richesses arn kyndely naughty, badde, and nedy; and thilke knotte is thing kyndely good, most praysed and desyred.
But that richesses ben bad, naughty, and nedy, that wol I prove; wherfore they mowe cause no suche thing that is so glorious and good.
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