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Oure Lorde forbydde, that you loue together the worse|, for the selfe cause that you ought to loue the better 1.

And it is me seemeth as trewe|, not only y° we dye while we liue|, but also y° we dye al the while we lyue 2.

I say that in vertue is plesure| and in sin is pain 8.

Our Lorde sende vs now some yeres as plentuous of good corne], as we haue had some yeres of late, plentuous of euill bookes #.

And to obserue suche thinges as be good|, and eschue those that be noifull5.

For many thinges, whiche haue bene written as well in verse as in prose|, as longe as thei were in the myndes of the writars, men had of them great expectacion| : but after the were ones finished & openly published|, men had of them opinion much lasse than they hoped 6.

Thei dispendyng vnprofitably|, dooe consume thyne owne propre treasure|, and that whiche thei get by their good husbandrie| augmenteth thy substance and honour7.